By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality. -Ian Mcewan

 

By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality.


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By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality. -Ian Mcewan
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