For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived experience. (Rachel Cusk)

For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived experience.

Rachel Cusk

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