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...when I write a novel wrong, eventually it breaks down and stops and won't be written any more, and I have to go back and look for the flaws in its design. The problem usually lies in the relationship between the story and the truth. The story has to obey the truth, to represent it, like clothes represent the body. The closer the cut, the more pleasing the effect. Unclothed, truth can be vulnerable, ungainly, shocking. Over-dressed it becomes a lie.
Uit: Aftermath van Rachel Cusk.

Haar boek krijg ik net binnen, ongeveer tegelijk met het bericht dat ik binnenkort een lezing van Rachel Cusk bij mag wonen, dat lijkt me heel cool. Andere dingen lijken me minder cool.