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[A novel] has a right and a duty to ask very painful and difficult questions. It doesn't solve them, but it asks them. (1995)
— Edna O'Brien
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[A novel] has a right and a duty to ask very painful and difficult questions. It doesn't solve them, but it asks them. (1995)" in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Edna O'Brien
Josephine Edna O'Brien (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and playwright, who was resident in the United Kingdom from the late-1950s. Her first seven novels were banned in Ireland on publication, but she found an appreciative audience in her adopted country and in the United States.
About Edna O'Brien
Josephine Edna O'Brien (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and playwright, who was resident in the United Kingdom from the late-1950s. Her first seven novels were banned in Ireland on publication, but she found an appreciative audience in her adopted country and in the United States.
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