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>tfw a postmodern novel refers to the reader randomly 300 pages deep

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>>14098017
> when characters address me directly
read Pavic's "a room where steps disappear" (iirc) seems to not be translated yet, maybe some day i will.

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>the reader is a character in the story

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>novel says "as an attentive reader will have already noticed"
>I hadn't noticed

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>>14098017
which book?

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>>14098017
>Whoa, man, you mean... I'm, like, reading? Oh shit, and the author knew he was writing to be read? Ooooohhhh shiiiiiit that means none of the stuff in this book is real... Except some it, like me... Gasp! Mind. Blown.