Quote by: Eleanor Catton

Fiction is supposed to be immersive and supposed to be entertaining and narrative, so structures have to be buried a little bit. If they come foregrounded too much, it stops being fiction and starts being poetry - something more concrete and out of time.


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Author Bio


  • NameEleanor Catton
  • DescriptionNew Zealand writer
  • BornSeptember 24, 1985
  • CountryNew Zealand
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters; Novelist
  • WorksThe Luminaries
  • AwardsMan Booker Prize