Ethan Canin - It's such a risk to write a novel that it's easy to become conservative - you&...

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It's such a risk to write a novel that it's easy to become conservative - you're spending what would be, for me, a couple of years of my life on a single idea. Which is maybe one of the reasons I write stories - if it doesn't work, you've only lost a month.

Ethan Canin

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es ist ein solches Risiko, einen Roman zu schreiben, und es ist leicht, konservativ zu werden - Sie verbringen ein paar Jahre meines Lebens mit einer einzigen Idee. Das ist vielleicht einer der Gründe, warum ich Geschichten schreibe. Wenn es nicht funktioniert, haben Sie nur einen Monat verloren.

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