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In some of my works I take away other elements of the world - normalcy, sex drive, sense of time, memory, a loved one. Without some of these basics, characters have no choice but to do something to reclaim their lives.

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
World
Lives
Elements
Sense
Sex
Away
Characters
Character
Choice
Normalcy
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Works
Reclaim
Take
Memories
Basics
Something
Loved
Drive
Time
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