http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Fri, 15 May 2026 12:45:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-12267 girldetective Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:44:44 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462#comment-12267 My Jewish history prof in grad school always emphasized the reader's desire for the "really real" and how terrible truths, like of the Holocaust and Vietnam, are sometimes better told in fiction or metaphor, because truth is too immediate, and often less believable. My Jewish history prof in grad school always emphasized the reader’s desire for the “really real” and how terrible truths, like of the Holocaust and Vietnam, are sometimes better told in fiction or metaphor, because truth is too immediate, and often less believable.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-12234 Kate Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:51:39 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462#comment-12234 The issue of truth & TTTC is central to the reading experience of the book, I think. College freshmen particularly often have troubles with the book because of it, convinced it's the "truth." Just reading the passage you quoted both transported me to the world he created and makes me want to read it again. The issue of truth & TTTC is central to the reading experience of the book, I think. College freshmen particularly often have troubles with the book because of it, convinced it’s the “truth.” Just reading the passage you quoted both transported me to the world he created and makes me want to read it again.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-12230 Amy Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:03:44 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462#comment-12230 I need to read this one! I need to read this one!

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-12212 sage Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:50:21 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1462#comment-12212 I agree, this is a great book and I love the construction of his title essay. I agree, this is a great book and I love the construction of his title essay.

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