I am currently reading M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati, and I don't think that I've ever seen this format before in historical novels. It's a mix of fictional, contemporary documents, shifting perspectives, short chapters but spanning over 700 pages!
Hi Santiago. How about adding When We Cease To Understand The World, the 2021 non-fiction novel (new genre?) by Chilean writer Benjamin Labatut, to the reading list?
"If our national madness is going to end, or even subside, we need a lengthy period of dominance by a sane, responsible party. Right now, only the Democrats can fit that bill."
I'm sure that reads as a true stement...to democrats. And most especially to a progressive. While I know that progressives are legends in their own minds, that's pretty much the end of it. No, you are not even in the general vicinity of a majority. You might want to keep that in mind the next time you mouth off about "saving democracy."
Progressives have apparently managed to think way too much of themselves by virtue of cloistering in echo chambers and reinforcing each other's BS. To me, universities are centers of intellectual incest and academic inbreeding. I say that as a person with a master's degree in educational administration.
The nation's great [legends in their own] minds were entirely comfortable, even revelatory, in the ten year persecution of Trump and his supporters. Now, you think it's ever so unfair that they're turning it back on you. As some great philosopher (whose name escapes me) said, "What goes around comes around."
I am currently reading M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati, and I don't think that I've ever seen this format before in historical novels. It's a mix of fictional, contemporary documents, shifting perspectives, short chapters but spanning over 700 pages!
Thanks for the shoutout! We're excited to be here!
Hi Santiago. How about adding When We Cease To Understand The World, the 2021 non-fiction novel (new genre?) by Chilean writer Benjamin Labatut, to the reading list?
I was willing to go along with you until this:
"If our national madness is going to end, or even subside, we need a lengthy period of dominance by a sane, responsible party. Right now, only the Democrats can fit that bill."
I'm sure that reads as a true stement...to democrats. And most especially to a progressive. While I know that progressives are legends in their own minds, that's pretty much the end of it. No, you are not even in the general vicinity of a majority. You might want to keep that in mind the next time you mouth off about "saving democracy."
Progressives have apparently managed to think way too much of themselves by virtue of cloistering in echo chambers and reinforcing each other's BS. To me, universities are centers of intellectual incest and academic inbreeding. I say that as a person with a master's degree in educational administration.
The nation's great [legends in their own] minds were entirely comfortable, even revelatory, in the ten year persecution of Trump and his supporters. Now, you think it's ever so unfair that they're turning it back on you. As some great philosopher (whose name escapes me) said, "What goes around comes around."