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    When less plot is actually more

    by Sarah Begley Jan 07, 2017 2 minutes
    Some were bothered by the sharp detail in Cusk’s nonfiction about her kids and divorce

    AFTER WRITING SEVEN NOVELS AND three works of nonfiction, acclaimed British author Rachel Cusk began to find fiction “fake and embarrassing.” Two years ago, she explained to a British newspaper, “Once you have suffered sufficiently, the idea of making up John and Jane and having them do things together seems utterly

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