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The Power of the Novel
The novel allows a reader to enter the consciousness of another human being, which i agree is may be great power compared to all other forms of art. A character observes near the end of the book that own your own unconscious pose and existential threat to fiction. The wish for authenticity is as old as the screen. And i been thinking about it ever since i read a book by daniel borston called the image. All he's talking about is television, because there was no mato events. It's this this drive toward authenticity that i think all of us feel, if we as as modern people, living in a largely mediated world.
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