Ian McEwan: "What is there that is too dirty, too…"

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読んだり話したりするにはあまりにも汚いもの、あまりにも卑劣なもの、あまりにも憂鬱なものがあるのか？もし文学が人生の暗い側面を扱えないのであれば、それは何のためにあるのか？

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