Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us
Karen Thompson Walker: Ce ne poate învăța frica
Fiction writer Karen Thompson Walker explores the connection between fear and the imagination. Full bio
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într-adevăr groaznică,
mijloc și sfârșit.
Cedează motorul.
unui roman.
„The Age of Miracles”,
ce s-ar întâmpla
cu recoltele?
pe noi înșine
au rămas fără mâncare,
de canibalism.
mai frică de canibali
cel mai bun cititor
să se întâmple.
la fel de prețios
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Karen Thompson Walker - NovelistFiction writer Karen Thompson Walker explores the connection between fear and the imagination.
Why you should listen
In Karen Thompson Walker's 2012 book The Age of Miracles, a young girl and her family awake one morning to discover that the rotation of the Earth has suddenly begun to slow, stretching the length of the 24-hour day and throwing the natural world into disarray. It's a big, speculative book, but at heart, it's a simple human drama, told through the eyes of an observant adolescent girl.
A former book editor at Simon & Schuster, Walker worked on the novel for three years, an hour each morning before work. Fun fact: The Age of Miracles was published on June 21, 2012 -- the longest day of the year. Since then, the bestselling, much-awarded book has been translated into 29 languages.
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