Italian - Writer | September 24, 1943 - March 25, 2012
I don't know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live their lives they have no choice but to face up to the image others have of them. They're forced to look at themselves in a mirror, and they often manage to glimpse something of themselves.
Antonio Tabucchi
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I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.
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I live quietly at home among my family and friends.
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I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.
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I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.
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I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.
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In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries.
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It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.
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It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.
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Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.
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Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.
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My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.
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