Tatyana Tolstaya Quotes

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A book is a delicate friend, a white bird, an exquisite being, afraid of water.

Tatyana Tolstaya

Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.

Tatyana Tolstaya

In Russia, people suffer from the stillness of time.

Tatyana Tolstaya

Tatyana Tolstaya

Tatyana Tolstaya

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Born: May 3, 1951 (age 74)

Bio: Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstaya is a Russian writer, TV host, publicist, novelist, and essayist from the Tolstoy family.

Known for:

The Slynx (2000)
White Walls: Collected Stories (2007)
Sleepwalker in a Fog (1991)
On the Golden Porch (1989)

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