When people who haven’t been to America talk about it, they get their ideas from the distorted cliches of the media. A land of gun nuts and COVID deniers, rife with racism and obesity! This annoys me. I’ve lived in the US and have family there. I know these views are absurdly one-sided. People who’ve lived in Africa get a similar twinge when the clichés come out: “Africa, land of rape and lions”,
Recently I read Kidnapped to Yotam. I like that it's a book written over a century ago, talking about around a century earlier (and commenting on how much things have changed!), but it was also important because I tracked down the 1970 translation. The language is dramatically different and richer than, I think, what we have in today's adventure books (or any book).
Parochialism in time and space
Insightful, thanks.
Recently I read Kidnapped to Yotam. I like that it's a book written over a century ago, talking about around a century earlier (and commenting on how much things have changed!), but it was also important because I tracked down the 1970 translation. The language is dramatically different and richer than, I think, what we have in today's adventure books (or any book).