Introduction Sayaka Murata has spent much of her life asking a question that refuses to settle into a simple answer:What is a human being beneath the roles, language, morality, fear, and expectations that shape us?Her fiction often begins by changing one rule of the world and then watching what people become inside it. She has described her creative process … [Read more...] about Sayaka Murata Imaginary Friends: The Mystery Behind Her Inner World
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The Last Good Sentence: A Story About Fame and Loneliness
There comes a point in many lives when the greatest question is no longer, "Can I succeed?"It becomes, "Who have I become while succeeding?"Thomas Hale has spent a lifetime answering the first question.His novels shaped generations. His name filled bookstores, lecture halls, and newspaper headlines. Readers admired his courage. Critics praised his discipline. … [Read more...] about The Last Good Sentence: A Story About Fame and Loneliness