Wittgenstein's Mistress Format:eBookBy David Markson ISBN: 9781628973914 Publication Date: 7 11 23 Wittgenstein's Mistress is a novel unlike anything David Markson or anyone else has ever written. It is the story of a woman who is convinced and, astonishingly, will ultimately convince the reader, that she is the only person left on earth. Presumably, she is mad. And yet so appealing is her character, and so witty and seductive her narrative voice, that we will follow her hypnotically as
To call the extraordinariness of the thing in question into question
Soon enough reality
and seamless transitions through long
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