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Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:12:07 -0700
Renata wrote: "Definitely those works you suggested are interesting as well, and definitely more educational; but this is a novel, it is fiction, and Khosseini's work, therefore is subjective and he uses many sym..." I am not taking an argument against the reality of war and patriarchy and sorrow, I am taking a stand against the ways in which Hosseini chooses to address those items. Certainly there is real devastation felt locally and among the masses. And of course, as a novel, one can write whatever the hell they feel like. Therein lies the trouble with socially, politically, or theoretically challenging ANY fiction. So what good is a critical review on said "Goodreads"? However, I still think it is suspect that Miriam is a "symbol of an era that should is/should be over." Wait- my exact criticism was that her character was completely AS A SYMBOL, and not an autonomous, valuable human. She is a human (that supposedly existed, symbolically or not), and there is no reason to throw the things she apparently stood for, out the window. Is the new/should be new AFG young, fertile, well-educated, radical, maybe dyed blond, and loved by another man really what needs to be epitomized? Who gets left behind in that narrative? Who gets left behind in this, actual, real world? Are there really only Laila's that are viable in this new, should be, world (or even just AFG)? Also, Turkey has the most liberal government (to be still included as Middle East), the most female high ranking politicians IN THE WORLD, and has produced some of the most forward thinking Middle Eastern literature to date- setting Turkish readership against a "liberal" standpoint is geographical at best. ]]>
Infinite Jest: A Novel (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace]]>
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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:30:40 -0700Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback) by Cormac McCarthy]]>
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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:29:44 -0700
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19050611
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Sat, 31 May 2008 12:33:09 -0700 does my unwarranted bias include not hanging with your ass anymore? damn... i have flanked myself with privileged white boys and their plight for decades. i'm in to the constituency's praxis, not theory.
and if you're listening to slayer and not a satanist then you're just a fucking tourist.]]>
A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat (Paperback) by Arthur Rimbaud]]>
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Fri, 30 May 2008 14:39:20 -0700 i really hated the intro although it's somewhat a necessity- some d...more...]]>
Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World (Paperback) by Eduardo Hughes Galeano]]>
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Fri, 30 May 2008 14:01:42 -0700