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I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating you are lecturing.

Tatyana Tolstaya

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Tatyana Tolstaya
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 3
Essayist
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St. Petersburg
Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstaya
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