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Published · transcript-backedRebecca F. Kuang: belief
24 Jan 2024 Conversations with Tyler Rebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction
“If you go in thinking that it’s going to be like Jonathan Strange and map precisely onto some historical metaphor, or even have that much of a linear plot, then you may be disappointed. But if you read to be transported, I think, into a different frame of mind, then you come away delighted and enchanted.”
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- Rebecca F. Kuang
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- 24 Jan 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Jonathan Strange is historical in a somewhat expected way, right? That’s not what’s original about it. Yes, that’s true. Piranesi doesn’t follow an exact template. If you go in thinking that it’s going to be like Jonathan Strange and map precisely onto some historical metaphor, or even have that much of a linear plot, then you may be disappointed. But if you read to be transported, I think, into a different frame of mind, then you come away delighted and enchanted. Which other authors do you feel use footnotes well, other than yourself?…
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