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Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst

Alan Hollinghurst, born on May 26, 1954, is a renowned British novelist known for his intricate psychological portrayals and profound insights into the social changes of his time. His works, particularly focusing on the lives of gay men, have earned him critical acclaim. His notable works include 'The Swimming-Pool Library' and 'The Line of Beauty', both of which won the Booker Prize. more

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“Realism; fatalism; phlegm. To live in the Fens is to receive strong doses of reality. The great flat monotony of reality; the wide empty space of reality. Melancholia and self-murder are not unknown in the Fens. Heavy drinking, madness and sudden acts of violence are not uncommon. How do you surmount reality, children? How do you acquire, in a flat country, the tonic of elevated feelings?”

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Book:Waterland
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“There’s this thing called progress. But it doesn’t progress. It doesn’t go anywhere. Because as progress progresses the world can slip away. It’s progress if you can stop the world slipping away. My humble model for progress I the reclamation of land. Which is repeatedly, never-ending retrieving what it lost. A dogged and vigilant business. A dull yet valuable business. A hard, inglorious business. But you shouldn’t go mistaking the reclamation of land for the building of empires.”

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Author:Graham Swift
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“Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one area of my writing that I think I've got surer at as I've evolved. In my work you often get an abrupt shift in time, a jolt. But the emotional logic will take the reader on. I hope. I trust. After all, our memories do not work with any sequential logic.”

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Author:Graham Swift
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