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Meaning
The speaker says the tropical honeymoon in the quote was inspired by her own experience of having a very bad honeymoon. The contrast suggests she is using personal disappointment as material for writing. It also implies a creative impulse to turn difficult experience into fiction or reflection.
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Originally said in English.
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About Lydia Millet
American novelist
Lydia Millet is an American novelist. Her 2020 novel A Children's Bible was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. She has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her work has drawn praise for its language and style, with Salon describing it as “flawlessly beautiful” and suggesting that it reaches toward an experience that comes before language itself. The New York Times Book Review named A Children's Bible one of the ten best books of the year.
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