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The speaker is saying that being a first-person character would feel stressful and exposed. They imagine constant self-monitoring and the discomfort of others being able to read their thoughts.
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Originally said in English.
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About Jasper Fforde
English novelist
Jasper Fforde is an English novelist. His first novel, The Eyre Affair, appeared in 2001, and he is best known for the Thursday Next books. He has also written two books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series, two in the Shades of Grey series, and four in The Last Dragonslayer series. His fiction is known for literary allusions, wordplay, carefully plotted stories, and a playful approach to traditional genres, often with elements of metafiction, parody, and fantasy.
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Books by Jasper Fforde
The Eyre Affair
2001
Something Rotten
2004
First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)
2007
Lost in a Good Book
2004
Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, #1)
2005