Not Every Novel That Wants To Be

The Fundamental Condition Of Childhood Is Powerlessness.

In The Traditional Urban Novel, There Is Only Survival Or Not. The Suburban Idea, The Conformist Idea, That Agony Can Be Seen To And Cured By Doctors Or Psychoanalysis Or Self-knowledge Is Nowhere To Be Found In The City. Talking Is A Way Of Life, But It Is Not A Cure. Same With Religion.

In Every Society, The Artists Will Be The Ones Who Set Themselves Up As Contrary To Whatever The Society Expects.

Vets Do What Doctors Used To - Diagnose The Injury Or The Condition, Patch It Up As Best They Can And Remind You That These Things Happen And That In Life We Are Also In The Midst Of Death.

We Sort Of Read Two Or Three Big Newspapers But We Don't Get The Flavor Of The Local Events, The Local News As Much.