This interview explores the themes of friendship, memory, and mortality in the novel The Pinocchio Effect. The author discusses the non-linear narrative structure, the complex relationship between the characters Kenny and Donny, and the haunting image of Pinocchio that serves as the story's central metaphor.
This interview was featured in the Books & Fiction newsletter, which delivers the stories behind the stories, along with our latest fiction. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Partly, it arose because I was also peripherally involved in the movie industry for many years. I crossed paths with people who were on the margins, along with others who were embedded in secure positions. It’s an ever-shifting world.
He thinks it’s possible that he might learn something, and he goes along eagerly in that mood. The same could be said about Kenny going along with Donny’s impulse to visit the ashram. Kenny is not without spiritual longing, as certain aspects of the story indicate strongly, but he wouldn’t have thought to go to the ashram were it not for Donny bringing up the idea. So, rather than diverging, they are joined.
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