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Sasha's avatar

Have you read Ishiguro's The Buried Giant? I think it's quite a noble attempt to put forth a thoroughly medieval mindset. A significant pleasure for the reader is feeling the modern writer attempt to solve exactly that problem.

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Tom Barrie's avatar

I haven't, but I plan to. Have heard really good things about it.

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Eleanor Rowan's avatar

I really enjoyed this! Both Hammet and Song of Achilles have vaguely been on my to-read for a while (nice covers, feminist vibe) but anachronistic morals in a character bother me - most egregious recent example I can think of is the painful Lessons in Chemistry.

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Tom Barrie's avatar

Thanks! How does Lessons In Chemistry fit? I'm aware of it as a literary phenomenon but I haven't read it and don't actually really know what the premise is...

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Eleanor Rowan's avatar

I will start by not recommending it. For those who like it, it’s a heart-warming feminist piece about a feminist in I think the 60s who is run ragged by misogyny but survives to educate oppressed housewives about chemistry via a TV show(see: title). The main character has a perfectly formed third-wave intersectional 2020s understanding of feminism and as you enunciate, that just… confused and annoyed me.

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David Pires's avatar

This was on point!

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Pranav Rohit Kasinath's avatar

I loved this article and find myself agreeing with you .

I had the same problem with Percival Everett’s James and wrote a long review about it but I think I struggled to put across my points as eloquently as you have.

King Hereafter is sitting on my shelf at this moment - I really need to read it but my previous experience with Dunnet makes me a little wary - she goes all in for historical accuracy but her books are incredibly difficult to read.

Thanks for resharing !

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