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Writing the Mind: Nicole Krauss, W.G. Sebald, & Paul Harding
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Writing the Mind: Nicole Krauss, W.G. Sebald, & Paul Harding

How does one apply the adage show don’t tell to the interior of the mind—a vast expanse one inhabits daily, but never sees? While Pixar’s Inside Out turns the subconscious into a playful and sometimes dark adventure, literature must rely on language—pacing, syntax, and form matching function. In the early pages of Nicole Krauss’s novel Great…