Even if you ignore all of the messaging about war (which obviously is impossible), the way he frames to importance of fiction and getting the feel right versus getting the facts right when attempting to understand and communicate trauma is so spot on and insightful.
I taught that book for years (the only reason I no longer teach the class that uses it as a text anymore), and every year it would inevitably be the text that would generate the best and deepest discussion.
It’s a text that’s rich on so many levels.
Even if you ignore all of the messaging about war (which obviously is impossible), the way he frames to importance of fiction and getting the feel right versus getting the facts right when attempting to understand and communicate trauma is so spot on and insightful.
I taught that book for years (the only reason I no longer teach the class that uses it as a text anymore), and every year it would inevitably be the text that would generate the best and deepest discussion.