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Gabrielle Gouch

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Brasov, Romania

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September 2013

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I was born in Transylvania. I never met Dracula or even heard about him until I emigrated to Sydney Australia (via Israel).

Life in such disparate countries, under such disparate political systems - communism and capitalism - have given me plenty of material for my writing.

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Gabrielle Gouch I don’t have a reading list.
I read books reviewed in the New York Review of Books, or classics (more often than not translations from another language…moreI don’t have a reading list.
I read books reviewed in the New York Review of Books, or classics (more often than not translations from another language), or books mentioned on some radio program, or something which gets me interested while browsing in a bookshop.

I am currently reading:
The World of Yesterday a nonfiction book, by Stefan Zweig, an Austrian writer who lived 1881-1942.

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, an Austro Hungarian poet, who wrote in German.

This year I also read:
The Sense of an Ending, fiction, by Julian Barnes, a British novelist

Judas by Amos Oz, an Israeli writer.

The Dog’s Last Walk, a collection of his writings in The Independent by Howard Jacobson, a British journalist and novelist, known for his satirical novels.

And so it goes.
My best wishes.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Gabrielle Gouch I go for long walks. I read poetry or any other reflective writing. If nothing helps I stop writing for a few days. Do other things. Suddenly an idea …moreI go for long walks. I read poetry or any other reflective writing. If nothing helps I stop writing for a few days. Do other things. Suddenly an idea pops up in my head and I ma back to it again.(less)

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