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gmw · 01-20-2020, 07:31 PM

One consequence of a book like this, that leaves so much unexplained, is that the reader is, of course, going to impose their own interpretations. Although, we do seem to manage that even when books are more explicit

, so I have to wonder what the advantage is of being deliberately vague

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01-20-2020, 07:31 PM	#67
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,809 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	One consequence of a book like this, that leaves so much unexplained, is that the reader is, of course, going to impose their own interpretations. Although, we do seem to manage that even when books are more explicit , so I have to wonder what the advantage is of being deliberately vague .