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Thanks for a very thoughtful reply which has encouraged me to reassess my initial impressions of the book in a way that is fairer to the material. It's difficu

by zach 17y ago

Thanks for a very thoughtful reply which has encouraged me to reassess my initial impressions of the book in a way that is fairer to the material. It's difficult to separate a novel such as this from its circumstance and reception and I certainly have erred in that way rather than perceiving its inherit qualities.

zimbabwe 17y ago
Anything that helps! I was lucky because I got a teacher who took a lot of pains to separate the book from its context, and who got us all reading books without wondering at first why we were supposed to be reading this. Teachers like that are sadly rare, though.