ABSTRACT
It is also more told than written. Afham is a storyteller (en fortӕller) and a recollector (en erindrer), but his character is otherwise mysterious. Afham only adds to this mystery by the strange way that he draws attention to himself at the end of his recollection:
Why does Afham become bashful (undseelig) when people ask who he is? Or more importantly, who is asking in the first place? The only person asking about the identity of Afham at this late point in his narrative is Afham; he tempts us to ask precisely by telling us not to. But who, then, is William Afham?
