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Author Nicole Krauss discusses her latest book 'Great House: A Novel"
- Keywords:
- The History of Love
- Great House
- Novel
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shrumpkin 03/05/2012 06:21 PM Report
By the way, she is exactly right in mentioning that the book jacket suggests that the desk connects all of the characters within the book.
shrumpkin 03/05/2012 06:16 PM Report
Nicole Krauss is an incredible author. Great House was a magical, enlightening read. I recommend her work to every aspiring writer, and every reader. I was about to write REFINED reader, but any one who picks up her work must be a close and caring reader; if he or she is not, well, they just won't get it. Krauss's work is impeccable.
jamikel 12/08/2010 11:19 PM Report
As an aspiring author, I am keenly interested in authors who possess an inate instinct for self exploration within the myriad layers they create in their characters. But finding such authors is difficult to do, as many only fake it. I knew within one minute of listening to Ms. Krauss, although I am ashamed to say I have not read her work, that she possesses this rare gift in its purest form. There are two ways, essentially, to write fiction. One is to know the ending and work your way forward from the rear, or meet in the middle; and the second is to start randomly on impulse and let your instincts guide you to unknown destinations. She obviously possesses a gift for the latter, and it has been with her all her life. It will be enjoyable to watch her unfold new layers of her own talent throughout future endeavors, as even she surprises herself to how deep these layers of creative instinct can descend.
ShalomFreedman 12/08/2010 01:26 PM Report
Nicole Krauss is a remarkably intelligent and insightful writer. She also as this interview displays has a rare beauty of personality and expression. Lightness and exuberance were two terms she spoke of in regard to Samuel Beckett . They also apply to her work.
Compliments to Charlie Rose for his taste in choosing her and for the understanding of her work given in his questions.
REMant 12/08/2010 11:47 AM Report
Nah, I think novelists just have a lot of trouble distilling and conceptualizing stuff. Poets are worse still.