Janet Fitch
Hi Cara! I just saw this... sorry it's taken. me so long. My fondness for various books changes over time and mood... Developmentally, I started with Poe and the sad horse stories of Marguerite Henry, classics like Sword in the Stone... then found Doestoyevsky, crime and Punishment. My favorite for many years, later supplanted by The Brothers Karamazov. Anais Nin's diaries affected me deeply as a young person--a woman speaking honestly, and poetically, about her own life. Faulkner--The Sound and the Fury. Joyce Carol Oates' short stories. Joan Didion's Play it As it Lays. Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. Marguerite Duras' The Lover. Graham Greene--the Quiet American, the Power and the Glory, The Comedians. John Le Carre, The Perfect Spy. I think if there was any work that I wish I'd written it would be the Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell--if I have to limit it to the book, I'd say the first one of the Quartet, Justine. It's moving, lyrical, intense, and creates an unforgettable world.
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Nicole D'Settēmi
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Janet Fitch:
Janet, as stated before I see many influences in your fantastic works, W.O. & P.I.B.! I am DYING to get a glimpse of the new movie, directed by Amber Tamblyn--Paint it Black. I was thrilled to learn it was an indie film, hoping that would mean it gets translated into the tale filled with depth, and true artistry, that it truly IS. My question is...where is it? I saw it listed at the film fest, but no release yet???
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Janet Fitch:
Janet, my favorite novel is White Oleander. There are so many influences I see in it from other stories and books/writers/etc, am I correct with the following (just to name a few)...?: 1-Invisible Monsters 2-The Diaries of Anais Nin (Multiple Volumes & portraits, especially June Miller-to-Ingrid 3-Anne Sexton's story-to-Ingrid, as well 4-Audrey Hepburn/Jean Sebert-helped paint Claire's portrait
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