A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in…

Albert Camus
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A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). Lyrical and Critical Essays, p.199, Vintage
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A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). Lyrical and Critical Essays, p.199, Vintage

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