Facts are slippery. The truth is imperfect. Fiction recognizes that.

Salman Rushdie

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Topic

Truth vs. fiction Truth Literature

Speaker

Salman Rushdie

Source

Harvard Business Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Writer

From

India Asia

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rushdie, Salman. Interview by Alison Beard. Harvard Business Review, Sept. 2015.

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The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

Leo Tolstoy

Sevastopol in May

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Topic
Truth

Author

Leo Tolstoy
Source
Sevastopol in May
Medium
Short story
Language
Russian
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Севастополь в Мае [Sevastopol in May 1855]." Севастопольские рассказы, (Sevastópolʹskiye rasskázy) [Sevastopol Stories]. 1855, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Sevastopol Stories: Sevastopol in May." The Cossacks and Other Stories, trans. David McDuff and Paul Foote. Penguin, 2007, ch. 16.