Do great artists create the drama that they write about? The most obvious example is Too Far Too Go, the Maples stories about the breakup of Updike's marriage. After reading the book, you ask why? Was Wild Strawberries a premonition of Bergman's life. Fanny and Alexander, the piece de resistance, as far as autobiography is concerned, is a whole other matter. Karl Ove Knaugard's Min Kamp, whose title is a famous act of provocation, presents another variation, in which artistic production and life are one and the same.
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