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well, not necessarily. my guest is the renowned colombian novelistjuan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political rea
my guest is the renowned colombian novelist juan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political reality. so in a sense, t
write a book with his james brown stories. he s going to have to do it. they re just unbelievable stories. rev, you know what? call it fiction. change the names to protect the not so innocent. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. hello. thank you so much for joining us. hope you had a wonderful weekend. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we have multiple breaking news stories this morning. as joe biden begins a big week overseas, he s there in the united kingdom as we speak meeting with one of america s oldest allies and wrapping up a meeting there with the king himself. he departs this hour for lithuania in a high-stakes nato summit, followed by a trip to finland, the newest member of that alliance. i ll speak with the former
of expression more generally. but this can very easily muddle people who are not familiar with how the constitution of this country operates. damejudi dench has also written to the times about what she fears is a cruel, unjust portrayal and says there needs to be an onscreen warning that this is fiction, not truth. however, netflix says it has always been open from the beginning that this is a fictional dramatization. the question is, of course, how much should we believe? tv critic scott bryan feels the public knows what it s watching. is it fact or is it fiction? i mean, that is the big question, isn t it? you re not quite certain what s fact and fiction, then? i mean, the audience must bejust as confused. i feel that audiences don t expect that it is a fact based thing. if they did, they would watch a documentary. i think from the very start. .. do you think people understand that