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Bruce Chatwin Quotes: The word story is intended to alert the reader to the fact that, however closely the narrative may fit the facts, the fictional process has been at work.
         

The word story is intended to alert the reader to the fact that, however closely the narrative may fit the facts, the fictional process has been at work.


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