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  1. @mookse it's so often the non-fiction parts of novels that people find the most unbelievable! #pic6
  2. I have to get on the road for a longish drive now - but will try and check in en route! Thanks for writing in - keep going. #pic6
  3. @mookse I'm hoping this discussion might answer that question! #pic6
  4. @mookse It's interesting to see how different people respond to different parts. English readers partic like the Delhi section. #pic6
  5. @PicadorUSA So national barriers have always seems permeable - didn't occur to me that I wouldn't be able to write about a German. #pic6
  6. @PicadorUSA - I have a German grandmother, Indian aunts, an American godson, Danish cousins etc. #pic6
  7. @PicadorUSA In order to write characters I have to enter their minds, see the world through their eyes...voice follows from that. #pic6
  8. @PicadorUSA When I started writing the novel I really didn't know where/how it would end - I just followed the character of Hiroko. #pic6
  9. @PicadorUSA The inspiration for the novel came from a single image of a-bomb survivors with kimono patterns burnt into their skin. #pic6
  10. @danieee Of course even if I went to Nagasaki, I would not be able to go back to the pre-bomb Nagasaki of the novel. #pic6
  11. @PicadorUSA When I started writing the novel I really didn't know where/how it would end - I just followed the character of Hiroko.
  12. Hi Book Club. I'm here to talk about Burnt Shadows. Let me know if you have any questions. #pic6
  13. I'll be answering questions about Burnt Shadows for Picador's book club in just a few hours.....
  14. Continuing on with my US book tour in NYC. Next up, reading at Hunter College: http://tinyurl.com/dz4fvu
  15. Starting my US book tour in NYC. Event tonight: BN Union Square with Salman Rushdie at 7 p.m.