Besides demonstrating the nature of the aforementioned masks, the loss of which gets one designated “crazy,” this story encourages the reader to discern the differences between conscious and subconscious mental activity. When they are somnambulating, they speak to each other in horribly cruel terms, but when they wake up, they display (at least a veneer of) love and affection. “The Sleepwalkers” A mother and daughter are both sleepwalkers. There are many clever stories in this collection, offering food-for-thought on religion, philosophy, and psychology. The protagonist claims he became a madman when a thief broke into his house and stole his masks, the masks that people wear to fit into society and appear “normal.” Beyond the thread created by this mad character, the entries meander along, each with its own moral and with little discernible overarching plot.
The Madman is a collection of poems and short fiction (often micro-fiction) of a philosophical nature.
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