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Russell Hoban

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Language is an archeological vehicle . . . the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.
—Russell Hoban, Novelists in Interview

Posted on August 23, 2001 at 10:28 AM

WORDS ABOUT WORDS

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
—Russell Hoban, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz

Posted on September 18, 2001 at 11:24 AM

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