All societies need great writers if they are not to become blind to their own moral shortcomings. We need them to see beauty, savour love and to beat in harmony with the human heart. Sympathy demands that we see beyond ourselves, but we can only do so when we follow the imagination into new worlds opened up by inspiring authors.

All societies need great writers if they are not to become blind to their own moral shortcomings. We need them to see beauty, savour love and to beat in harmony with the human heart. Sympathy demands that we see beyond ourselves, but we can only do so when we follow the imagination into new worlds opened up by inspiring authors.