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MARINA JARRE: words |
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- How was this book born?
«All my books are born out of
acts of will, not because I lack “inspiration”, as they say, but because, until
I retired, writing cost me so much effort that I had always had to impose it on
me».
- What is writing for you?
«It’s never liberation. When
I write, I continually think about what I am doing, even if I write just for a few
hours. It is like an obsession. I feel released only when the book is
published, not even when it is completed».
- Is it hard for you to write?
«Very hard. I envy Italian
writers because Italian is their own language. Sometime I still have to consult
the dictionary, and often I am not satisfied with how the page flows».
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- Are there any writers you feel particularly close to?
«I don't know. Nobody, I
believe. I read Italian writers, a lot, and I like them too, but my culture and
my formation are not Italian. I think however, that some movies influenced me
much more than any books».
- How is your job as a writer?
«Each book that I write,
according to what I’m intending to tell, wants to tell by itself, it
demands its own language. A book, while
I’m thinking about it, before I start writing it, already demands me to find
its proper language».
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