The Newly Arrived Men of Letters
Sami Michael
1954
The man of letters who cares about his links with the people—who is of the opinion that there is no backbone to his literary production except when his social source is present, typified by the dynamics of the people and their pursuit of the future—has to write in a style that the people among whom he lives understand. He has to stay true to the…
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