The things I’ve been reading do not, for a change, include a Patrick O’Brian novel (though I expect I will get to The Far Side of the World eventually). But I notice a common thread in the books and films that have interested me lately, the theme of artistic vocation. Why is it that I, at 51 years old, continue to be so fascinated by the Kunstlerroman—t…
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