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Allan Gurganus Books

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Allan Gurganus is an American novelist born on June 11, 1947. His works are known for their delicate emotional portrayal and profound social insight, focusing mainly on the life and culture of the American South.

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Death Of A Loved One

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“The tree feels splintery, nasty to my touch; it feels Floridian, more reptile than vegetable, more stucco than stone. I do loathe this state, their Elba.”

Florida Loathing Descriptive Vegetable Reptile

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“Till the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, most American men wore hats to work. What happened? Did our guys—suddenly scouting overhead for worse Sunday raids—come to fear their hatbrims' interference?”

1999 O Henry Memorial He S At The Office

Book:Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards

Source: Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards

“There's a kind of ear music . . . a rhythmic synchronicity which creates a kind of heartbeat on the page.”

Kind Pages Ears Heartbeat Synchronicity

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“Writing is a kind of free fall that you then go back and edit and shape.”

Writing Kind Fall Shapes Edits

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“I think Walt Whitman went to the help wanted section and found a squib that said "Wanted: National Poet." And he was innocent enough to believe there really was such a job. And if he could just write a poem that incorporated everything he felt and suspected and hoped for from America that he would have the position.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Believe Said Enough Helping Wanted Jobs America Found Felt Position Poet Innocent Sections Walt

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“Know something, sugar? Stories only happen to people who can tell them.”

People Knows Stories Happens Sugar

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“Without much accuracy, with strangely little love at all, your family will decide for you exactly who you are, and they'll keep nudging, coaxing, poking you until you've changed into that very simple shape.”

Littles Simple Changed Shapes Who You Are Our Family Accuracy Little Love You've Changed

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“Beware of using up your last forty years in being the curator of your first fifty.”

Years Firsts Lasts Fifty Forty Curator

Book:Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All: A Novel

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“Writing means being a fascinated slave to current events.”

Writing Mean Events Slave Currents Fascinated Current Events

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“You know, right often, the body is the best thing we’ve got going for us. A body itself is a shiny object. Something!”

Knows Body Objects Best Things

Book:Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All: A Novel

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“You have a different kind of tenderness for everybody you know.”

Knows Kind Different Different Kinds Tenderness

Author:Allan Gurganus

About the Author

Born: June 11, 1947
Known for: Novelist
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