Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson travels with a solitary soul | Fiction
Journeys in literatureFictionWittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson – travels with a solitary soulThis extraordinary book is a journey into loneliness that encompasses all the stuff of life
Kate, the narrator of David Markson’s 1988 novel Wittgenstein’s Mistress, is a world traveller. She has sailed the Aegean and the Bering Strait, and driven across Russia and western Europe. A painter, Kate has not only visited but lived in some of the world’s most famous art museums: the Met, the Louvre, the Uffizi, the Tate.
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