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  • Yann Martel Quote - That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? Download This Image
  • Yann Martel Quote - That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
  • Yann Martel Quote - That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
  • Yann Martel Quote - That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
  • Yann Martel Quote - That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
  • Yann Martel Quote - That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
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  2. grey
  3. blue
  4. red
  5. brown
  6. white

That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?

Yann Martel

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    The dorado did the most extraordinary thing as it died: it began to flash all kinds of colours in rapid succession. Blue, green, red, gold, and violet flickered and shimmered neon-like on its surface as it struggled. I felt I was beating a rainbow to death.

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