When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I … - Nicole Krauss

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When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I tried to write about real things. I wanted to describe the world, because to live in an undescribed world was too lonely.

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Nicole Krauss (born August 18, 1974) is an American writer.

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