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As a writer, one is busy with archaeology.

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You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else.

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It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.

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To write about someone like myself would be very limiting.

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The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.

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The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: September 12th, 1943

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