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Nicole Krauss

Nicole Krauss was named one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists in 2007. She is the author of the novels Man Walks Into a Room, The History of Love, Great House and, most recently, Forest Dark. She was born in New York City, where she still lives. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages.

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In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation | The Online Edition

Nicole Krauss In Conversation

Nicole Krauss

‘The ancient stories we tell, as beautiful as they may be, also serve to shape our conventions about who we think we are or should be’

Fiction | Issue 116 padlock
Fiction | Issue 116 padlock

Stones and Artichokes

Nicole Krauss

‘As we get older, the world grows to fit our fear of death.’

In Conversation | Issue 116
In Conversation | Issue 116

Three Questions for Nicole Krauss

Nicole Krauss & Saskia Vogel

‘It’s easy to make an argument for the importance of literature in general, but almost impossible to sustain any conviction about the specific value of one’s own work.’

Fiction | Issue 97
Fiction | Issue 97

My Painter

Nicole Krauss

‘My painter caught me in a moment that is somehow rare and yet not uncharacteristic.’

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