first new read of 2025 (and, yes, it took me wayyy too long to finally open this book) and the first paragraph unquestionably lives up to all of my expectations
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"But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me? [...] Responsibility rests upon recognition, and recognition is a form of agreement."
i have but need to read it again. some books are deeper the older you get. i think i read this earlier simply to say ‘i read it.’ don’t recall absorbing it.
this book was a remarkable read in many ways but one of my favorite things about it is the prosody of Ellison's sentences mixed with the brilliance of what he is describing
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Oh my this entire prologue is 🔥