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The Swan Thieves

Elizabeth Kostova explores obsession

by Keith Taylor

posted 2/2/2010

Obsession. It is one of the great cultural themes. Most of us have probably felt some form of it, usually mild, for a person, our work, an art form, or an idea. When we recover our "normal" perspective, we may look back at our period of obsession and catch a hint of the glory and the terror of monomania. Former Ann Arborite and best-selling novelist Elizabeth

 
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