Hernan Diaz : Trust
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
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Aye, I'm Not Interested in Mymesis or the Referential Aspects of Fiction
The second book in trust, called my life, immediately is taking a claim, with that title, to a certain truth. But even if there weren't a ghost writer, i think you're pointing at something about non fiction and also about history. Em as you construct ida's voice, which is which is babl's voice. She creates this frank an voice though, a unified voice coming from many voices. And it's also this book with its draft, for instance, where instead of a short, dignified account of mildred's rapid mental decline, we find the place holder words, short dignified account. So we already know that there's a certain agenda to what the
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