𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰'𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈: "𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉" 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒅𝒊𝒆 -

Rushdie is always critically thoughtful, ironically perceptive, even as he pokes at our secret wounds. I've had this on my list since it came out!

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一个sad story:Lucy最后也没有让Charlie Brown踢到那个🏈。在作者要结束漫画#Peanut 的时候,不少读者的愿望是,请Lucy让Charlie踢到一次,一次就好。但作者遵从人物性格,并没有实现读者的愿望。
https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Football_gag
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Football gag

The football gag is a joke that has been featured many times in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip, Peanuts. There have been several variations on the joke over the years. The football gag has also been included in some Peanuts animated television specials. The characters involved in the gag are Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt. Lucy tells Charlie Brown that she will hold a football while he comes running up and kicks it. Charlie Brown usually refuses to kick it at first, not trusting Lucy. Lucy...

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#SalmanRushdie 在#LanguagesOfTruth 里讲,我们喜欢的文学作品塑造了我们。喜欢这段话,喜欢这种在茫茫人海中,靠着一本书的微光,找到同类的感觉。
“I believe that the books and stories we fall in love with make us who we are, or, not to claim too much, that the act of falling in love with a book or story changes us in some way, and the beloved tale becomes a part of our picture of the world, a part of the way in which we understand things and make judgments and choices in our daily lives.”
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