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Conrad did not create the original mold for this kind of writing—from Homer to Shakespeare to Kipling, many have done it—but he became the standard because he was so good. We invade your countries, destroy your economies, demolish your infrastructures, murder hundreds of thousands of your citizens, and a decade or so later we write beautifully restrained novels about how killing you made us cry.
— May 17, 2025 10:22AM
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