Roithamer, a character based on Wittgenstein, has committed suicide having been driven to madness by his own frightening powers of pure thought. We witness the gradual breakdown of a genius ceaselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until the only logical conclusion is the negation
The Corrections: A Novel (Recent Picador Highlights): novel
โ Scribed by Franzen, Jonathan
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 372 KB
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Fiction
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