In praise of paranoia in humanities

Interview Isabelle Moindrot. At the crossroads of literary theory and creation, your work keeps exploring the “realities of illusion,” the focus of this Hybrid issue. However, you hardly ever use the word “illusion” in your books. Could you please explain why? Pierre Bayard. As far as the frequency of the word is concerned, I cannot give you a precise answer, but the idea itself is very much present in my books. Take the detective trilogy, for example (Who killed Roger Ackroyd?, Enquête sur H..