The Age reports on Man Booker winner, Anne Enright’s remarks before leaving for a trip to mainland China. The Irish author was in Hong Kong for the Man International Literary Festival and planned to fly to Shanghai afterwards.
When asked to comment on China’s curbs on the freedom of expression, from banning books to jailing writers, [...]
‘One of the challenges of our time,’ he said without a hint of self-consciousness, ‘is to re-interpret the Ten Commandments.
‘The Ten Commandments are not the Ten Tentative Suggestions. They were given to us at a time when the great Other of traditional society was a necessity. Since we have now internalized the Other we need [...]
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