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Clarification explained

The narrator explicitly states that the first-person perspective used in the book is not a representation of the author's own identity, establishing a distinction between the narrative voice and the real person behind the text.

What happens

The narrator explicitly states that the first-person perspective used in the book is not a representation of the author's own identity, establishing a distinction between the narrative voice and the real person behind the text.

Key passages

  • The “I” of this book is not me.

    The narrator who says 'I' in this story is not the same as the author.

    The author clarifies the separation between narrator and self.