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martiina69's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
2.25
sarahkomas's review
1.0
Not recommended. Another reviewer aptly said "I don't care about the egocentric Miles or the essentially narcissistic Pamela so their ultimate predicament didn't move me the way I felt it should." I didn't understand at all the satire, which is perhaps an indictment on me but as a reasonably intelligent and well-read human being I'm not fussed by such pretension.
There was one idea that I did like, however, namely:
"That's the definition of culture - knowing and thinking about things that have absolutely nothing to do with us. About Etruscans, for example; or the mountains on the moon; or cats'-cradle among the Chinese; or the universe at large [...] But make the acquaintaince of a few practical businessmen - the kind who have no time to be anything but alternately efficient and tired. [...] Get to know those people; [i]they'll[/i] make you see the point of culture. Just as the Sahara'll make you see the point of water."
There was one idea that I did like, however, namely:
"That's the definition of culture - knowing and thinking about things that have absolutely nothing to do with us. About Etruscans, for example; or the mountains on the moon; or cats'-cradle among the Chinese; or the universe at large [...] But make the acquaintaince of a few practical businessmen - the kind who have no time to be anything but alternately efficient and tired. [...] Get to know those people; [i]they'll[/i] make you see the point of culture. Just as the Sahara'll make you see the point of water."
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