KQED Charlie Rose July 20, 2013
Colin mccann he talked about ireland writing and new novel, transatlantic. And this is the beauty of fiction, not that, you know, the history is fantastic and sociology is fantastic and all of these things together i will never prioritize one or privilege one over the other, but fiction can get into the small moments, where whatever it happens to be, leopold bloom, furnish of the corner, somebody brushing their teeth, somebody, you know, feeling a hand on your face, these things that history doesnt necessarily write about, but they are small moments that buildup and they make the large moments...
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