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for pity’s sake. Myth and history side by side, that is a schizophrenic

37 Literary meaning of the word literature(λογοτεχνία) in Greek, that is the art(techne) of discourse(logos).

38 Actor in Greek is ηθοποιός (ethopoios) meaning someone who makes ethos.

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demand.”

“An anti-novel then?”

“Not even close, unless by that we mean that I wrote the anti-book of all I have discarded as a reader. A me-ta-novel though, definitely. The novel part, of course, is quote unquote.”

“A meta-novel? Meaning?”

“The word says it all. It is the novel of a novel.”

“Wow!”

“Wow or Oh shit, only time will tell.”

“But it is already telling. You were published right off the bat. Did it surprise you at all?”

“To be honest, I expected as much. I submitted an of-fer to the publisher which, quite simply, they did not have the luxury to refuse, since aside from the text it also included approximately twenty-five short stories, two or three novellas, a couple of interviews, a truck-load of aphorisms, and an infinite number of haikus all in one. I exercised, in short, such coldblooded black-mail, until, to paraphrase Voltaire, they bellowed: “I disagree with everything you write and how you write it, as well as the fact that you are writing it at all, how-

Why not add a title in every chapter? I.e. the 22nd will be ‘Interview No 1’.

And the 23rd ‘Interview No 2’.

Are you sure it was not Molière?

Rather: Not only…, but you brought the house down.

Given that your work was, not even with praise, given the thumbs down by about ten publishing houses, what if, for a more realistic effect, you had it - as the famous Amanda Hocking did - published as an eBook on the internet, unexpectedly becom-ing a hit, and then those same ones who had reject-ed you begging you on their knees to come back.

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ever, I will defend with my life your right to be read.”

“I suspect more relentless chatting-up rather than cold-hearted extortion.”

“Chatting up of who? The publisher?”

“Chatting up erga omnes39 I would say, rather. No one appears on the bestsellers list for a tenth continuous week by chance.”

“That’s a good point. I’ll reserve a seat from now for the coming reprint. With your permission of course.”

“But of course,

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