narrator

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The unnamed autobiographical narrator recalls viewing an exhibition of remarkably lifelike botanical models by the father-and-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In the opening episode, the narrator travels to Rhode Island to interview Thomas for a magazine article—a big deal, because Thomas is 90 and unlikely to consent to this kind of personal intrusion again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In the first pages of “Returning,” Mr. Lemann asserts his identification with Jack Burden, the narrator of Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 political novel, “All the King’s Men.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s eye never stops moving — an independent narrator telling a different story than the one starring our heroine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Their meetings acquired the flavor of a postmodern literary puzzle: The story rang true even as the narrator seemed entirely unreliable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis