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Acknowledgments ix -- A Note on Terminology xi -- Introduction 1 -- 1 Narration, Representation, Subjectivity 7 -- 2 William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! "Something is always missing" 30 -- 3 Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight "The painting of different ways of painting" 55 -- 4 Christine Brooke-Rose, Thru "Whoever you invented invented you too" 75 -- 5 Samuel Beckett, Company "Devised deviser devising it all for company" 93 -- 6 Toni Morrison, Beloved "It was not a story to pass on" 104 -- Conclusion 125 -- Appendix 133 -- Notes 135 -- Bibliography 145 -- Index 153