Nicole Krauss Interview: We Create Who We Are

Interview with Nicole Krauss about her love for writing and literature in general. The New York Times declared Krauss as one of America's most important contemporary novelists.

In this conversation Nicole Krauss (b. 1974) reflects on different aspects of literature. Growing up in a family, that had fled Europe during the Second World War, Krauss did not have a feeling of a rooted home, fleeing into the world of reading at an early age later, that led her towards writing. On a blank page, we can be anything, she says. Also Krauss reflects upon the concept of heritage and loss, that recur in all of her novels. We all suffer loss, Krauss states, but the interesting thing is how we deal and live on with it. Finally, Krauss argues, that every novel is championing the individual over the masses, thereby having a political aspect to it. The world of literature reminds the reader of the fact, that each life is singular and thus of infinite value.

Interview: Marc-Christoph Wagner.

Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

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