“The Sea” by John Banville: Author’s Gratuitous Multiple Personality Phraseology Reflects Author’s Multiple Personality Trait

“There I was, suddenly, with a girl in my arms, figuratively, at least, doing the things that grown-ups did, holding her hand, and kissing her in the dark…I was myself and at the same time someone else, someone completely other…” (1, p. 108).

1. John Banville. The Sea. New York, Vintage International, 2005.