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Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.
Siri Hustvedt
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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
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Northfield
Minnesota
Premio princesa de Asturias 2019
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Not telling is just as interesting as telling I have found. Why speech, that short verbal journey from inside to outside can be excrutiating under certain circumstances is fascinating.
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Demonstration of mastery gives a feeling of power and that feeling of power is a good feeling.
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