At the end of Book I, Art calls his father a "murderer" for destroying his mother's diaries after her suicide. What does he mean by that? Is there anything metafictional about Anja's diaries?

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At the end of Book I, Art calls his father a "murderer" for destroying his mother's diaries after her suicide. What does he mean by that? Is there anything metafictional about Anja's diaries?

Asked by Julia B #623578 on 3/10/2017 3:41 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 3/10/2017 5:06 PM

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/10/2017 5:06 PM

Art saw the destruction of his mother's diaries as a kind of murder. They were the one thing she left behind, through which, he could have come to know her.

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