That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them!

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Lizeth Shaw

26 July, 20:31

That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them!

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Krish Wise · Answer 1

This is a quote by Connie Willis, an American writer. The quote is from her science fiction novel, the Passage (2001).

In this excerpt, she asserts that literature is a massage from the past. Through literature, people from the past tell us about life and death, and give us instructions on how to live. Wills suggests the readers to listen to these people, and uses a concerned tone. The idea is that we can look at other people's experiences and learn from their mistakes. Literature is, thus, a means of communication between people from the past and the present.