China and the West

Conversations with John Fowles
Onega, Susana. Form and meaning in the novels of John Fowles. In : Actas del X Congreso Nacional de A.E.D.E.A.N, 1988.
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John Fowles : Could I please start by saying that if we had been in China I should get up now and clap you back. It is lovely for any novelist, even something of a hermit or a recluse like myself, to see such an audience as this. I have been in Spain before but it is pleasant bo be back again, after a long interval in my case…