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We lose ourselves in stories that's the beauty of literary art.

Siri Hustvedt

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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Northfield
Minnesota
Premio princesa de Asturias 2019
Art
Stories
Literary
Lose
Loses
Beauty

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Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent reading, the feel and smell of the old blanket or toy, the nightlight glowing in a corner.
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I will turn human anatomy into roses and stars and sea. I will dissect the beloveds body in metaphor.
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