Have you read The Sympathizer? I'm just a quarter of the way in, but thought of a passage I read last night re: "from a future perspective a genocide1 has already occurred."
"Claude nodded. All fucked up. Let's just hope history forgets the snafus.
This was the prayer many a general and politician said before they went to bed, but some snafus were more justifiable than others."
A small portion of what you wrote, I know, but just been thinking a lot about the "how will history see this" and how that manipulates and warps both positively and negatively (Killers of the Flower Moon and Zone of Interest also playing with the same ideas in their endings).
I haven't yet read The Sympathizer, but it is sitting on my shelves and I plan on reading it soon! I also haven't seen Zone of Interest yet, but can absolutely see how KotFM fits into this idea. The hope I suppose is that even forgotten snafus can, with effort, be remembered again. Thanks for the comment and for reading, <3
Have you read The Sympathizer? I'm just a quarter of the way in, but thought of a passage I read last night re: "from a future perspective a genocide1 has already occurred."
"Claude nodded. All fucked up. Let's just hope history forgets the snafus.
This was the prayer many a general and politician said before they went to bed, but some snafus were more justifiable than others."
A small portion of what you wrote, I know, but just been thinking a lot about the "how will history see this" and how that manipulates and warps both positively and negatively (Killers of the Flower Moon and Zone of Interest also playing with the same ideas in their endings).
Great wrtiting as always, friend.
I haven't yet read The Sympathizer, but it is sitting on my shelves and I plan on reading it soon! I also haven't seen Zone of Interest yet, but can absolutely see how KotFM fits into this idea. The hope I suppose is that even forgotten snafus can, with effort, be remembered again. Thanks for the comment and for reading, <3