My hips bristle with totems and talismans, proof that I am not simply a character in a fixed book or film. I am no single narrative. As neither Rebecca de Winter nor Jane Eyre, I am free to revise my story, to reinvent myself, my world, at any given moment.
Chuck PalahniukAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 21, 1961
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