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Books that inspire my writing
Kit's Wilderness (Signature)Kit's Wilderness (Signature) by David Almond
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About the importance of things, people and places with a history.
The Toll Bridge (Red Fox young adult books)The Toll Bridge (Red Fox young adult books) by Aidan Chambers
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By one of the true masters of storytelling.
London FieldsLondon Fields by Martin Amis
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A book that explodes in your face. The reason why I started writing in the first place.
Death in Venice and Other Stories (Vintage Classics)Death in Venice and Other Stories (Vintage Classics) by Thomas Mann
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Read it in German. I have never read more beautiful German than this.
Griffin and SabineGriffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock
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What is an image? Start here, and you'll want to read all of them.
The PowerbookThe Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson
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A book that is, as true fiction should be, like life itself. Ahead of her time.
A Wished - For Song: A Portrait of Jeff BuckleyA Wished - For Song: A Portrait of Jeff Buckley by Merri Cyr
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A wonderfully unique work of art, that merely wants to hint at who Jeff Buckley was.
Violent cases -10th Anniversary EditionViolent cases -10th Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman
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Brilliant interaction between words and artwork. Basically a story about how memory works.
"Smoke" and "Blue in the Face""Smoke" and "Blue in the Face" by Paul Auster
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Great movie. Auster and Wang achieved an incredibly light tone of voice, though the story and its themes is anything but simple.
The Lord of the Rings Box set (hardcover)The Lord of the Rings Box set (hardcover) by J.R.R. Tolkien
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So you like mythes, fairytales, language... What could you do with them? Write a masterpiece in three parts, for example?