The double-crossed, might-have-been history of my country is not the study of what actually took place here: it's the study of historians' studies. . . .Memories are their own descendants masquerading as the ancestors of the present.
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About David Mitchell
David Mitchell was a contemporary English novelist and screenwriter. David Stephen Mitchell is an English novelist, screenwriter, and translator. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation