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Peter Behrens

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Peter Behrens is author of three novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (Steerforth/Random House); THE O'BRIENS (Pantheon), and CARRY ME (forthcoming Feb 2016, from Pantheon (US) & Anansi (Canada)). Also 2 collection sof short stories, NIGHT DRIVING (Macmillan) and TRAVELING LIGHT (Astoria). Behrens held a prestigious Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. He was born in Montreal and is currently a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. ...more

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Peter Behrens Just push through and never never never stop working. I don't know what I know, or what I think, until I write. LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK--that's my strate…moreJust push through and never never never stop working. I don't know what I know, or what I think, until I write. LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK--that's my strategy as a writer. (less)
Peter Behrens Getting books out and having people entranced by them.
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The Law of Dreams

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The O'Briens

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Carry Me

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Travelling Light

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Night Driving: Stories

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“Marriage is a mystery.”
Peter Behrens, The O'Briens

“What you lost weakened you, could kill you. What you wanted kept you going. What you wanted gave you strength.”
Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams

“Is courage just the awareness that gestures, journeys, lives have intrinsic shape, and must, one way or another, be completed?”
Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams

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“Marriage is a mystery.”
Peter Behrens, The O'Briens

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