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The speaker says they do not really understand work as a personal idea, except in the academic setting of university. At the same time, they enjoy asking other people about their jobs and hearing about what they do. The contrast suggests curiosity about work even if they do not identify with it themselves.
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Originally said in English.
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About Rachel Cusk
English novelist and writer, contemporary
Rachel Cusk is an English novelist and writer of memoir and other nonfiction. She is known for fiction and prose published across several books, and for a career that has drawn award recognition. Her work has won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Somerset Maugham Award, and has also been shortlisted and longlisted for prizes including the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize. Her writing often addresses motherhood, marriage, satire, and more experimental approaches to narrative.
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