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Cambodia and Someth May
James Fenton
‘When I first saw the draft of the piece which follows, I realized that the book he was writing had reached an essential stage of articulacy.’
Road to Cambodia
James Fenton
‘The buildings were full of surprises. In one, surrounded by winking lights, the last abbot was lying in his coffin. He had died a year before, and it would be another two years before he was cremated.’
Kwangju and After
James Fenton
‘Some people said they were not ‘with’ the students. They were not in favour of the use of arms. But they were of one voice in saying that the students were their sons, and that if the army came in the students would be put to death. That was why they kept saying: “Tell the truth about us.”’
The Snap Revolution (Part One: The Snap Election)
James Fenton
‘It was the Cuba of the future. It was going the way of Iran. It was another Nicaragua, another Cambodia, another Vietnam.’
The Snap Revolution (Part Two: The Narrow Road to the Solid North)
James Fenton
‘Most of his life has been spent under Marcos's rule, and his habit of thought was to doubt the story as presented in, say, the newspaper, and to try to guess the story behind the story.’
The Snap Revolution (Part Three: The Snap Revolution)
James Fenton
‘Late that night Marcos came on the television again, and whereas in the previous press conference he had maintained a gelid calm, now he was angry and almost out of control.’
The Fall of Saigon
James Fenton
‘I wanted to see a communist victory, which I presumed to be inevitable. I wanted to see the fall of a city.’
More Afraid of You
Joshua Ferris
‘On Bainbridge Island, across the Puget Sound from Seattle, there are two modes of living: downtown and inland.’
Marcelo Ferroni | Interview
Marcelo Ferroni
‘This is an exciting moment for Brazilian literature. We may see a batch of new, vibrant novels, really soon.’
