Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Johnson Kostovais an American author best known for her debut novel The Historian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 December 1964
CountryUnited States of America
remember found anthropologists
I wondered why she craved this knowledge and found myself remembering that she was, after all, an anthropologist.
heart broken
..then you must say to her, ‘Madame, I observe that your heart is broken. Allow me to repair it for you...
talking silence moments
There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.
wise writing trying
My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough to know that, with any author who's not simply writing formulas - who's trying to create something new - pressuring them to do something for market purposes almost always backfires. I can't imagine working under those circumstances, actually.
beautiful historical
For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.
real historical details
Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary details. The Green Shore is compelling, personal, and full of quietly real moments,
passion past invoke
If there is any good in life, in history, in my own past, I invoke it now. I invoke it with all the passion with which I have lived.
looks faces firsts
For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.
Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)
real father historical
The thing that most haunted me that day, however...was the fact that these things had - apparently - actually occurred...For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history's terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth. And once you've seen that truth - really seen it - you can't look away.
believe thinking europe
What comes to your mind when you think of the word Transylvania, if you ponder it at all? What comes to my mind are mountains of savage beauty, ancient castles, werewolves, and witches - a land of magical obscurity. How, in short, am I to believe I will still be in Europe, on entering such a realm? I shall let you know if it's Europe or fairyland, when I get there. First, Snagov - I set out tomorrow.
running believe eye
I believe in walking out of a museum before the paintings you've seen begin to run together. How else can you carry anything away with you in your mind's eye?
complicated abandoned
Recently abandoned women can be complicated.
blood agony different
...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries.