Rachel Kushner - I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,...

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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,'_ 'tender' or 'universal.' But to the real question of what's inside: I avoid books that seem to conservatively follow stale formulas. I don't read for plot, a story 'about' this or that.

Rachel Kushner

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Ich halte mich von Büchern mit hässlichen Umschlägen fern. Und diejenigen, die als "pauschal", "zart" oder "universell" bezeichnet werden. Aber zur eigentlichen Frage, was drin ist: Ich vermeide Bücher, die konservativ veralteten Formeln folgen. Ich lese nicht für Handlung, eine Geschichte über dieses oder jenes.

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