1. Philip Roth's The Ghost Writer has a chapter titled "Married To Tolstoy" about favorite Rothian theme of the pain great writers inflict on the near & dear. Could easily be Married to Dickens, Married to Woolf, Married to Cheever, Married to Naipaul, etc.
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2. But if being in the shadow of genius is hazardous, an arms length proximity can be nurturing. Consider Glenn Gould & Robert Fulford who were next door neighbors & best friends at age 9 going forward.pic.twitter.com/z3v1QhBKtF
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