Fiction's essential activity is to imagine how others feel, what a Saturday afternoon in an Italian town in the 2nd Century looked like. My ambition is solely to get some effect, as of light on stone in a forest on a September day.
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"Fiction's essential activity is to imagine how others feel, what a Saturday afternoon in an Italian town in the 2nd Century looked like. My ambition is solely to get some effect, as of light on stone in a forest on a September day." — Guy Davenport
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Fiction's essential activity is to imagine how others feel, what a Saturday afternoon in an Italian town in the 2nd Century looked like. My ambition is solely to get some effect, as of light on stone in a forest on a September day. — Guy Davenport
About Guy Davenport
Guy Davenport was a Writer from American (1927–2005).
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This quote is attributed to Guy Davenport, a Writer from American.
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Guy Davenport lived from 1927 – 2005.