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> claiming sexist views This is a pretty vague statement especially as OP mentioned fiction. Not some book espousing his political views. You can pick most of
by ramblerman 5y ago
> claiming sexist views
This is a pretty vague statement especially as OP mentioned fiction. Not some book espousing his political views.
You can pick most of the great authors and find a character or scene that was obscene, but it would be unfair to cherry pick 2-3 sentences, post them on twitter and pretend this represented them.
- mtalantikite 5y ago> This is a pretty vague statement especially as OP mentioned fiction. Not some book espousing his political views. The book in question is a memoir by Antonio Garcia Martinez from what I’ve read. While there’s an argument to be made that even memoir and non-fiction are in a way fiction, this wasn’t an outright work of fiction. It contained misogynistic statements you’d expect to be true to how the author thinks because of the context of the work.
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- actually_a_dog 5y ago> there’s an argument to be made that even memoir and non-fiction are in a way fiction What argument is that? I don't see how you can even say that with a straight face.
- darkerside 5y agoUnreliable narrators are a known literary concept for a reason. Combine that with, isn't all fiction reflective of the author and thus narrative in some capacity? And you're about halfway there.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoI'm still not buying it, especially when it comes to non-fiction. Any argument that attempts to define "non-X" as "X" is something I can't swallow.
- darkerside 5y agoFlammable and inflammable mean the same thing so ...
- actually_a_dog 5y agoIn the US, people drive on parkways and park on driveways. So what?
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoWe're talking about a particular person and a particular book -- Chaos Monkeys -- and it was non-fiction, and a memoir. Fiction I would imagine would be given more leeway, but I guess we'll have to see when it comes up.
- danbolt 5y agoI feel like I get to enjoy the works of great authors at a distance. Most of them won’t be managing me at work.