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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison Biography

  Nationality: American
Type: Author

Born: March 1, 1914
Death: April 16, 1994
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