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Donna Tartt

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for.

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Donna Tartt suggests that novelists have a unique role in exploring and expressing ideas or feelings that are often overlooked or ignored by others. She finds it interesting that writers give voice to experiences that haven't been clearly represented before.

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