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Quote by Vera Nazarian

“Here is where I like to burst in as a writer, to take one strong sensory detail or image and instead of enhancing it or directing attention to it by shouting about it, I simply take it away.”

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Vera Nazarian

Vera Nazarian is an American writer born on May 25, 1966. Her works span various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and essays. She explores diverse themes such as history, culture, love, and human nature in her writing. more

“In Lords of Rainbow I start out by taking away color from the world, and in the process show color's vital place in our lives. At least I hope that by the end of the book it's a portion of what the reader comes away with - a sense of how much color perception enriches our lives and how its lack can make our sensory experience incomplete.”

World Book Ends Shows Process Lord Our Lives Color Reader Perception Portions Rainbow Incomplete Sensory

Author:Vera Nazarian

“Even for the people who are color-blind to any degree, I believe their experience would also be affected [ in Lords of Rainbow ] if everyone else too only perceived the world in colorless monochrome.”

People Ifs World Believe I Believe Lord Color Degrees Blind Affected Rainbow Colorless Monochrome

Author:Vera Nazarian

“In some of my works I take away other elements of the world - normalcy, sex drive, sense of time, memory, a loved one. Without some of these basics, characters have no choice but to do something to reclaim their lives.”

World Character Choices Sex Memories Elements Loved Ones Basics Normalcy Sex Drive

Author:Vera Nazarian

“Seems to me that there is no better way to experience the depth of loss than after the fact. No more powerful instrument of imbuing value in an object than parting with it.”

Way Facts Seems Values Loss Powerful Objects Instruments Depth Parting Better Ways

Author:Vera Nazarian