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Rebecca Makkai
2 quotes
“(Which subjects do you wish more authors would write about?) I wish I could hear more about the details and peculiarities of characters’ jobs. Not a generically boring office job, but something terribly specific that we don’t normally get to hear about. I want to enjoy a novel and at the same time learn everything about eel fishing or asbestos removal or typewriter repair. And once in a while I want to read about people who like their work, people whose work isn’t a grind holding them back from self-actualization.”
Rebecca Makkai (born 1978) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: interview (2023)
“(What moves you most in a work of literature?) The joy and tragedy of the passage of time. Which is almost always what I’m trying to write about.”
Rebecca Makkai (born 1978) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: interview (2023)