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Makale Özeti:
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A book normally reflects the world of thoughts of its author. Drop by drop, the
author’s life—joy and sadness, anger and love, concerns and wishes—soak into the
book. In fiction, the identity of the author is in invisible form, not systemic, or
clearly visible in one image; instead it may be distributed among several
characters. Even though the author’s identity is allocated a small space in literature,
it plays the role of salt to a meal: just a small amount of it melts into the food, but
without it, the food is flavorless. In non-fiction, such as history or philosophy, the
author analyzes facts and openly states his/her attitude towards them. These types
of works, in contrast to literature, reveal the identity of the author throughout the
book. If a work is based on serious research, the author tries to downplay his/her
identity, to write with objectivity and maintain the principle of seeing everyone
through the lens of equality. He/she avoids polarized views of “them” and “us,” as
well as sympathy and antipathy; he/she writes with empathy (or rather, tries to do
so; after all, authors are also human).
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