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O Outro Pé da Sereia

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Mia Couto
Mia Couto

Mia Couto is a Portuguese writer known for his rich literary works and unique narrative style. His works cover various literary forms such as novels, poetry, and prose, and have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

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“Some information is classified legitimately; as with military hardware, secrecy sometimes really is in the national interest. Further, military, political, and intelligence communities tend to value secrecy for its own sake. It's a way of silencing critics and evading responsibility - for incompetence or worse. It generates an elite, a band of brothers in whom the national confidence can be reliably vested, unlike the great mass of citizenry on whose behalf the information is presumably made secret in the first place. With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and with science.”

“И вот, спустя некоторое время, случилось чудо: в стран, где когда-то книг были миллионы, не осталось ни одного печатного издания. Все было уничтожено, причем не государством - тут его возможностей просто не хватило бы! - а обычным гражданами. Их страхами попасть за решетку в рамках "показательного дела". Их паранойей. Их предосторожностями.”