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The quote suggests that writing can feel untrue when a narrator sounds too certain all the time. A narrator may need room for uncertainty or limitation to feel believable. It also points to the risk of making a voice seem artificial by forcing complete confidence.
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About Rachel Kushner
American writer
Rachel Kushner is an American writer known for her novels Telex from Cuba, The Flamethrowers, The Mars Room, and Creation Lake. Her fiction includes Telex from Cuba, published in 2008, The Flamethrowers, published in 2013, The Mars Room, published in 2018, and Creation Lake, published in 2024. These works established her reputation as a novelist whose name is closely tied to contemporary American fiction.
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Books by Rachel Kushner
The Mars Room
2018
The flamethrowers
2014
Telex from Cuba
2008
The Hard Crowd
2021