"Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.“


-Yann Martel

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Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

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