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In bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that.
-Aleksandar Hemon
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In Bosnian, There's No Distinction In Literature

Aleksandar Hemon
In bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that.
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