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Sun strokes and inner lights

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Novelist A.S. Byatt has always been interested in painting, feeling that painting, unlike writing, is a science as well as an art. She gives considerable attention to the world of light in 'Elementals,' her third collection of short stories since the late 1980s. She places strong emphasis on solitude, believing that it is only possible to relate well to people if you exist when you are alone. She does not regard her work as creative, feeling that writing is a form of work that allows the world to be considered from a different angle.

Byatt, A.S.

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Chronicler of a city under siege

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Helen Dunmore states that the city of Leningrad is very much a character in her new novel, 'The Siege.' She states that she finds cold, which is described in detail in the novel as she details the siege of the city in 1941-1942, very exhilarating.

Russia, Portrayals, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Dunmore, Helen

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Is there life after Chocolat?

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Author Joanne Harris states that she does not feel obliged to live up to other people's expectations of her. She indicates that she can only write from direct experience.

Harris, Joanne

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