“Anthropologists are great at novelistic observations. I would be thrilled if this novel would encourage anthropologists to write what they see in fictional form.” IfsWritingWould BeFormNovelObservationAnthropologists Author:Lily King
“Anthropological fieldwork is so much like writing a novel. You don't know what the hell is going on.” KnowsWritingNovelHellFieldwork Author:Lily King
“I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. My first three novels were all about families. Things that happen in a house within a family, because you're a child or because you want to keep the family together, you suffer things you might not have had to suffer if you weren't in that situation.” PeopleChildrenTogetherSufferingHouseSituationNovelPowerlessFamily Together Author:Lily King
“Anthropological fieldwork is so much like writing a novel. Granted, you don't have the physical disruption and disorientation, but writing a novel is like entering a new culture. You don't know what the hell is going on. And every day you feel like you have nothing, you're going nowhere. Or you feel that first it's going somewhere, but then you get into that horrible middle part.” WritingCultureNovelHellLike YouHorribleGranted Author:Lily King
