Originally submitted under the title KEEPER OF THE GHOSTS, a phrase swiped from Malcolm Lowry, David Markson’s sophisticated and experimental WITTGENSTEIN’S MISTRESS is a true Dalkey Archive Essential if ever there was one.
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Markson’s working title for the book was “Wittgenstein’s Neice,” completely unaware that across the ocean, in Austria, Thomas Bernhard was working on a book titled “Wittgenstein’s Nephew.”
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After Dalkey Archive made it clear that we were not intimidated by the title, Markson renamed it once again, circling back to Wittgenstein.
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