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I agree there is a great deal of suffering depicted in this book. I agree, also, very strongly, that the reader of this book is being invited to see things in a new way. To do that, however, in the case of this narrative, it is necessary to go beyond a literal reading of the text - where most early readers of the book seem still to be stuck - and to read it as if it might be a narrative poem that is actually ABOUT something, but that is using a range of defamiliarisation techniques (including, but not limited to, similes) to present that something in a completely new light. Like yourself, I have written about this more extensively on my own website.
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May 16, 2025 06:21PM
I agree there is a great deal of suffering depicted in this book. I agree, also, very strongly, that the reader of this book is being invited to see things in a new way. To do that, however, in the case of this narrative, it is necessary to go beyond a literal reading of the text - where most early readers of the book seem still to be stuck - and to read it as if it might be a narrative poem that is actually ABOUT something, but that is using a range of defamiliarisation techniques (including, but not limited to, similes) to present that something in a completely new light. Like yourself, I have written about this more extensively on my own website.
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