Nick Tosches - When I was young, I kept trying to read 'Moby-Dick', and I couldn't get t...

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When I was young, I kept trying to read 'Moby-Dick', and I couldn't get that far into it. And I kept thinking, 'Well, man, if I can't read the great American novel, I could never be a writer.' And this bothered me a great deal.

Nick Tosches

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Als ich jung war, versuchte ich immer wieder, 'Moby-Dick' zu lesen, und ich kam nicht so weit hinein. Und ich dachte immer: "Nun, Mann, wenn ich den großen amerikanischen Roman nicht lesen kann, könnte ich niemals Schriftsteller werden." Und das hat mich sehr gestört.

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