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Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist born on February 19, 1955. Her works are known for their deep psychological insights and exploration of female experiences. Hustvedt's novels often blend philosophy, literature, and psychology, showcasing complex characters and inner worlds.

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“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.”

Imagination Books Readers

Book:A Plea for Eros: Essays

Source: A Plea for Eros: Essays

“The truth is that what fascinates me is not so much being in a place as not being there: how places live in the mind once you have left them, how they are imagined before you arrive, or how they are seemingly called out of nothing to illustrate a thought or story like my tree down yonder. These mental spaces map our Innes lives more fully than any "real" map, delineating the borders of here and there that also shape what we see in the present.”

Book:A Plea for Eros: Essays

Source: A Plea for Eros: Essays

“Immigration inevitably involves error and revision. What I imagined it would be, it's not. For better or worse, some mistake is unavoidable.”

Imagination Immigration

Book:A Plea for Eros: Essays

Source: A Plea for Eros: Essays

“No doubt I would have felt reverent in less lovely places, because I imagined a past I connected to myself.”

Imagination Expectations

Book:A Plea for Eros: Essays

Source: A Plea for Eros: Essays

“I read the stories I've been told in my own way and make a narrative of them. Narrative is a chain of links, and I link furiously, merrily hurdling over holes, gaps, and secrets. Nevertheless, I try to remind myself that the holes are there. They are always there, not only in the lives of others but in my own life as well.”

Imagination Narrative

Book:A Plea for Eros: Essays

Source: A Plea for Eros: Essays

“I imagined Stephen's companion was a beautiful woman. Her form and coloring changed with my moving thoughts, but the idea that she existed remained to nag at me, and even though she was only a spook of my jealousy, I couldn't stop the surge of fantasies about her and Stephen. By the time I left the library, I had invented several elaborate plots involving the two of them.”

Imagination Jealousy

Book:The Blindfold

Source: The Blindfold

“The faculty of memory cannot be separated from the imagination. They go hand in hand. To one degree or another, we all invent our personal pasts. And for most of us those pasts are built from emotionally colored memories.”

Hands Past Imagination Memories Degrees Built Faculty Hand In Hand

Book:The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves

Source: The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves

About the Author

Born: February 19, 1955
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 105

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A Plea for Eros: EssaysRelated source material

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