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“C’est avec les beaux sentiments qu’on fait de la mauvaise littérature.” (A.Gide)
To be fair, he addresses the jail cell scene in his afterword “How Bigger was Born”. He knows it’s unrealistic, but left it because the emotional response was important for him, so he kept it.
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Apr 12, 2025 01:35AM
“C’est avec les beaux sentiments qu’on fait de la mauvaise littérature.” (A.Gide)
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To be fair, he addresses the jail cell scene in his afterword “How Bigger was Born”. He knows it’s unrealistic, but left it because the emotional response was important for him, so he kept it.