Novel ideas
Three writers who incorporate philosophy into their fiction
Siri Hustvedt
With her interests in neuroscience, high theory and big ideas, it is not surprising that Siri Hustvedt’s fictional works are both populated by characters who are philosophers and suffused with the question of being. In last year’s Memories of the Future, the problem of other minds is the topic of fraught dinner party chat. Sixteen years earlier, What I Loved watched New York’s smart set interpret their own lives and in the process asks probing questions about grief, identity and love.