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2/3
Once again, Harpman masterfully attacks loneliness and isolation. But this time she comes at it from angle of adolescence and one's friends /peers. I was incredibly interested by her analysis of collective cruelty, being outcasted over a small event turned large, and the inevitable hardship that comes from simply being 15 years old. I'm very fond of this story- maybe more than the first? I'll have to process
— Jul 20, 2026 01:41PM
Once again, Harpman masterfully attacks loneliness and isolation. But this time she comes at it from angle of adolescence and one's friends /peers. I was incredibly interested by her analysis of collective cruelty, being outcasted over a small event turned large, and the inevitable hardship that comes from simply being 15 years old. I'm very fond of this story- maybe more than the first? I'll have to process
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Very reminiscent of Harpman's 'I Who Have Never Known Men'. She digs into the same ideas of group isolation, mystery, desolation, and loneliness. I love what she has to say in this one about following blind instruction and the suffering that comes from it, specially in the context of war and political power.
— Jul 15, 2026 11:14PM
Very reminiscent of Harpman's 'I Who Have Never Known Men'. She digs into the same ideas of group isolation, mystery, desolation, and loneliness. I love what she has to say in this one about following blind instruction and the suffering that comes from it, specially in the context of war and political power.