Ann Quin
Born
in Brighton, Sussex, The United Kingdom
March 17, 1936
Died
August 01, 1973
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Berg
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34 editions
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1964
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Three
14 editions
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1966
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Passages
10 editions
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1969
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The Unmapped Country: Stories and Fragments
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2 editions
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2018
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Tripticks
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9 editions
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1972
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Best British Short Stories 2019
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2019
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Berg
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A Double Room (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 297)
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Music & Literature no. 7
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Review of Contemporary Fiction: XXIII, #2: Rick Moody/Ann Quin/Silas Flannery
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2003
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“I must recall the precise feelings that have nurtured the present circumstances, when nothing at all from outside interfered, not even thoughts of time past, present, or time future, when doubts of my own reality have dwindled away. Isn’t there a moment caught between two moods, that space within, separated from life, as well as death, when the sun is faced without blinking, when eternity lies here inside; no division whatsoever, simply a series of circular motivations. But these hands with their veins from a leaf, there is no separation, only a distasteful similarity. Why though search for proof? Surely I’m not philosopher to analyse the value of reality as opposed to idea, and what is gained by delving into such linguistic labyrinths? Definitely the supreme action is to dispose of the mind, bring reality into something vital, felt seen, even smelt.”
― Berg
― Berg
“If I could trace a single line below the surface of my assumptions, would there come a point when clarity supersedes the chaos of what has been? The tragic sense of destiny is inherent in every man; but I defy fate, I alone am responsible for every action, every scene; in my nothingness I will create the idea, I shall see what I have imagined, and from that alone will spring my entire actions.”
― Berg
― Berg
“But I don't belong to any one, therefore attachment to
anything means betrayal, self-banishment, renounce self-continuity, self-transcendence;
the ego only there to give significance”
― Berg
anything means betrayal, self-banishment, renounce self-continuity, self-transcendence;
the ego only there to give significance”
― Berg
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