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> It was the 1920s version of Clerks. You should be a teacher :) I love that quote, and it's exactly what I'm talking about. Without the context of what the lo
by hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
> It was the 1920s version of Clerks.
You should be a teacher :) I love that quote, and it's exactly what I'm talking about. Without the context of what the lost generation is/was, and without understanding how the generational trauma of WWI had such a strong influence on the interwar period, you lose a ton of understanding about how the book was so influential.