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Eleanor Catton
Eleanor Catton
New Zealander Author
Born: Sep 24, 1985
Books Me People Think Time You
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I've had countless reviews sort that have made me cry. It's funny, it doesn't ever get better either; you can't turn your ears off. Eleanor Catton
Funny Me You Better Made Ears Had Countless Cry Sort Off Reviews Get Either Turn Your Ever
My second novel, 'The Luminaries,' is set in the New Zealand gold rushes of the 1860s, though it's not really a historical novel in the conventional sense. So far, I've been describing it as 'an astrological murder mystery.' Eleanor Catton
Sense Though Mystery New Been Historical Gold Conventional New Zealand Far Really Describing Novel Zealand Second Set
I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. It's always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact it's so supple and sly. Eleanor Catton
Think Tyrannical Sly Fact Supple Part Always Oppressive Accused Being In Fact Even Speech
My parents took me to the Bronte parsonage in England when I was a teenager. I had a fight with my mum, burst into tears, jumped over a stile and ran out into the moors. It felt very authentic: A moor really is an excellent place to have a temper tantrum. Eleanor Catton
Me Fight Tears Parents Took Teenager Ran Out Temper Excellent Had Over Felt Tantrum Very Authentic Place Burst Really England Mum
I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Canterbury. But I worked part-time all the way through high school: first with a paper round, then at a fast-food outlet, a video store and a hardware store. Eleanor Catton
School First State Way Paper High High School Outlet Through Part-Time New Store New Zealand Canterbury Straight Video Then Worked Zealand Round Hardware Hardware Store University
I think that you have to keep the reader front and centre if you're going to write something that people are going to love and be entertained by. Eleanor Catton
Love You People Think Entertained Something Write Reader Front Going Centre To Love Keep
What I feel is that true creation happens when you're making something out of nothing - like it's divine, you know. Creation is a completely divine concept. Eleanor Catton
You Nothing Creation Out Something Divine True Feel Like Know Concept Making Happens
I have written ever since I knew mechanically how to do it. Eleanor Catton
Written Knew Since How Ever
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