Why narrate the story through the eyes of Tadashi?
Tadashi is a nod to literary heroes, like Nabokov and Borges, who are always questioning the authority of a given narrative. In the footnotes, we see Tadashi going through the story, and we wonder even how much English he knows. O’Flaherty has taken great liberties and novelized what he has recollected, and it gives the reader a chance to ask questions of what the truth is of biography or history and who has that truth and how it is delivered and who creates it. For example, in another book of mine, Riven Rock, it’s said that Stanley McCormick never consummated his marriage, and that’s based on documentation—but how do you know? Tadashi’s presence also provides a playfulness. I had a lot of fun with it, especially with the footnote. Some of them just provide information, but I think you should laugh out loud at some of them because of Tadashi’s reaction to the telling. Do you have a favorite character from Wright’s life? Miriam. All of the stuff that you’re getting from her is true to
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