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Reality in the Supernatural
Bittner, William | February 2, 1957 issue

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This article critically examines the book "Count Luna: Two Tales of the Real and the Unreal," by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. The gothic novel is a literary mutation, and as with most freaks of nature, one rarely appears with the vitality to survive. Any human quirk, projected far enough, can become a classic mental illness. In Count Luna, the chief character, Alexander Jessiersky, whose traction corpp any denounces a Count Luna to Nazis in order to obtain the land he has refused to sell, experiences a feeling of guilt that develops into paranoia.

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COUNT Luna: Two Tales of the Real & the Unreal (Book); LERNET-Holenia, Alexander; MENTAL illness; PARANOIA; PSYCHIATRY; FICTION
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