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Originally Posted by Beth
Mon message est qu'il faut continuer de lire des romans car c'est un bon moyen de comprendre le monde actuel. Le romancier n'est pas un philosophe, ni un technicien du langage, mais celui qui écrit et pose des questions."
Mirabell, I'd really enjoy knowing what Le Clézio says here. Could you whip up a translation, please?
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"My message is that it is necessary to continue to read novels because it is a good means of understanding the current world. The novelist is not a philosopher, nor a technician of the language, but s/he who writes and raises questions."
(my approx having not french but babelfish)
(but I disagree, the novelist may also be a philosopher and a technician of language)