Re: The Writer’s Shadow

[Jamie McKittrick]

This reminds me *very* strongly of the first chapter of Jon Ronson's Psychopath
Test
<http://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Test-Journey-Through-Industry/dp/1594485755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434028089&sr=8-1&keywords=the+psychopath+test>
wherein Ronson, in his capacity as an investigative journalist, looks into
the matter of a book entitled Being or Nothingness copies of which were
sent to a series of prominent neuroscientists in the post. You can read a
little about it here
<http://lukemuehlhauser.com/the-riddle-of-being-or-nothingness/>. Another
similar incident here
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/02/the_mystery_of_the_millionaire_metaphysician_slate_republishes_one_of_the_greatest_magazine_stories_ever_written_.html>
too. All quite fascinating stuff.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

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