english: Because all I had read were books in which characters were foreign, I had become convinced that books by their very nature had to have foreigners in them and had to be about things with which I could not personally identify.
non_english: Omdat in alle boeken die ik had gelezen de personages vreemdelingen waren, was ik ervan overtuigd dat boeken altijd vreemdelingen als personages moesten hebben, en dat het over onderwerpen moest gaan waarmee ik me niet kon identificeren.