The author reflects on their formative reading experiences, emphasizing the profound influence of their mother reading The Wind in the Willows. Growing up in a small mining town surrounded by rainforest, books served as a refuge and a source of adventure at the local library. The narrative takes a turn with the impact of Albert Camus's The Outsider, which the author consumed at age 11, and later, Kafka's Metamorphosis, which compelled them to consider writing seriously. Ultimately, it was William Faulkner's work that ignited the author's ambition to become a writer, despite feeling remote from the literary world.
Reading Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows instilled in me a lifelong love for literature, shaped by my mother's voice during stormy evenings in our mining town.
My local library became a sanctuary where I explored countless genres, from comics to pulp fiction, each book serving as an odyssey of discovery and personal growth.
Reading Kafka's Metamorphosis revealed the potential of writing - it transformed my perspective, pushing me to take writing seriously and begin crafting my first novel.
William Faulkner inspired me to pursue writing despite feeling distant, demonstrating that even in isolation, the act of writing is possible.
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