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Milan Kundera

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera is saying that novelists encourage readers to see life as something uncertain and open to interpretation, which helps them be more understanding and patient. If people only accept fixed, unquestionable truths, then novels lose their purpose and relevance.

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