Sarah Finnan sat down with ‘Exciting Times’ author Naoise Dolan ahead of her talk at the International Literature Festival this weekend
Sarah FinnanSarah Finnan sat down with ‘Exciting Times’ author Naoise Dolan ahead of her talk at the International Literature Festival in Dublin this weekend.
It’s definitely not cathartic or uncomfortable, because by decluttering I don’t mean that I’m dealing with my own experiences or emotions or what have you. It’s more that I don’t think in incredibly clear sentences and so the generally quite sensory and overwhelming way in which I think is quite relaxing to set out in a more disciplined way, even though I’m thinking about fake people in their fake lives. I can work on things in my head, but it’s an abstract way of writing.
That must be so difficult when you probably have a very clear idea of what you want in your own head? Um, I don’t know if I’m much of a book returner. I might return to my favourite books every four years, so probably Jane Austen the most because I find her a really useful author to learn other languages with as well. I recently read a couple of her books in German translation, and she translates really well because her use of language is so precise, that you’re not really dependent on the particular nuances of a given word to get what she’s saying.
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