Explanation Introductory Dream Chapter 1: The "Author" As Player and Master of the Game: Dostoyevsky Chapter 2: Unweaving the Textual Costume: Thomas Mann Chapter 3: The Mantle of the Reading and the Reading of the Mantle: Proust Chapter 4: The Fringe of the Harlequin's Mantle: Joyce Chapter 5: The Trial of the Letter and the Letter of the Trial: Kafka Chapter 6: The (Un)Mytho-Historiographic Mantle: Faulkner Chapter 7: The Mantle Of The Mega(Un)Syllogism: Cioran Author, Mantle, Toys References