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    Good day everybody!

    Looking for novels — any era, any language — where:

    • The protagonist has a creative talent (writing, art) but genuinely doesn't know it's their calling
    • They want to "become someone" but don't know who or through what
    • No external barriers (not poverty, not sexism, not family pressure) — full external freedom
    • The reader can see the talent from page one. The protagonist cannot.

    Classic Künstlerroman = artist knows their calling and fights for recognition. What I'm looking for is the opposite: unconscious Künstlerroman — the artist becomes who they are without ever deciding to.

    Does this angle exist? Is there a name for it? Any examples — fiction, autofiction, any gender.

    Thank you

    by TaganaGirl

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