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I'm diving into this one at least partly because my wife liked it a lot; previously I've read Pastoralia at her urging. A quick question for the thread: in an early scene, Saunders narrates a fancy reception through assembled fragments of purported diaries and recollections of attendees. Are these quotations authentic?
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Strong agree on the read play take, there. I read the book instead of listening to the audiobook, and eventually my preferred visualization became a staged setting, quite naturally, with each quoted word read out loud on top of the action. Regarding Lincoln's shift, sure there's a bit of "The Spirits have done it all in one night" in there, but I bought it, given Lincoln's actual expressed opinions and the lines between personal, private and public thoughts. I am a bit ashamed to admit I started reading this without any spoilers, so I thought that it would involve Lincoln's own death and bardo. It took a little while to get that out of my head.
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