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I’ve heard it said that the novel is a work of the imagination. Even if that is true, this imagination must still have a place somewhere in reality. One could say that I write, or rather that I cry out, as a way of forcing the world into the world. Your shame of calling things by their name doesn’t apply in this instance. In my view, our so-called world is both a scandal and a source of shame, and I am only able to express this through several “ill-gotten words.” Ultimately, God alone can decide whether or not a book is great: in my book you will find me fighting for it to stand out. Life is no secret to any of us. The Shameful State is thus the summary in a few “ill-gotten words” of the shameful situation in which humanity has elected to live.

Sony Labou Tansi