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There are no
that authenticate this person as being the
. The novel is in itself untrustworthy so why should the narrator
in it be believed? The book takes steps only on its surface and
goes no deeper to develop the
. The
does not posses as many dimensions as we expect from a “true”
. Therefore, just as in Rushdie’s novel, the
is still merely a character whose
simply does not matter too much outside of the specific story. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and high Adventure by William Goldman also increases the level of interjection but does it in a strictly different way. The novel is an abridgement of . William Goldman edits out everything but “the good parts” S. Morgenstern. The of the into this book is done by way of lengthy “editor” notes that are printed in bright red letters in every place that Goldman cut the “original” . Of course, the glaring red calls much . Goldman goes to great lengths (unlike ) . The name of the is William Goldman, William Goldman gives the name of his editor and the real world phone numbers of real people, he tells the readers to send away for parts of the book that he left out, he does not even claim to be the author of the “original” text, and he makes his presence in the book as editor believable (unlike ). Goldman does not merely give a character his name; he creates an entire narrative that his fictional original could exist in. The William Goldman in the The Princess Bride is as real as an can be. Goldman, however, then continues to set himself up as a . |
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