Colm Toibin - People love talking about writers as storytellers, but I hate being called that: it su...

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People love talking about writers as storytellers, but I hate being called that: it suggests I got it from my grandmother or something, when my writing really comes out of silence. If a storyteller came up to me, I'd run away.

Colm Toibin

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Leute reden gern über Schriftsteller als Geschichtenerzähler, aber ich hasse es, so genannt zu werden: Das deutet darauf hin, dass ich es von meiner Großmutter bekam oder so, wenn mein Schreiben wirklich aus der Stille kommt. Wenn ein Geschichtenerzähler auf mich zukam, wäre ich weggelaufen.

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