American - Author | May 4, 1956 -
My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.
David Guterson
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My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.
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Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.
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The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.
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Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together.
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What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.
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What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.
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When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.
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When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.
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