A Form of Refuge
This is the first installment of “Preserving Gaza,” a series…
Entering HistoryIt should be self-evident, really, that this 464-page novel, involving a cast of characters real and imagined and taking place over a century in two different countries, ought not be read by serious critics as a ventriloquized affirmation of Obama-era liberalism. But here we are.
Fame’s ShadowOne woman sent him a long letter telling him the difference he had made to her; when I sent my more-or-less standard explanatory reply, with apologies that I had no idea where she could find the James Redfield she was looking for, she responded with an even longer letter saying that I sounded like a nice person and telling me more about her life. I realized that being another James Redfield could become a career in itself.
Within the Pretense of No PretenseTechnology was the wonder of our age. It seemed to promise us power, and we took this power for our own. What kind of power was it? We didn’t ask. There was too much to do on technology to consider what it permitted in the rest of life.
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