The Writer’s Shadow

[Dave Monroe]

"How is it possible that even when I know nothing about a novelist’s
life I find, on reading his or her book, that I am developing an
awareness of the writer that is quite distinct from my response to the
work? I might enjoy a book while feeling a certain dislike or even
hostility for the person I take to be its writer, or I might be
attracted to both work and author, but in different ways..."

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http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/jun/08/writers-shadow-antonio-tabucchi/
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