"Against the Day", Thomas Pynchon - 2015 / 2016 > moderators
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"On page 70, “Nothing in our own surroundings was permitted to define us. Instead, we pledged allegiance to an island thousands of miles away where they had queens and castles and princes, an island we were required to build in our imaginations. Never Never Land” (I wonder as I read this if my mother and her family ever felt this way as her largely Irish family grew up in Canada as does this character.)" — Sep 13, 2025 06:30PM
"On page 70, “Nothing in our own surroundings was permitted to define us. Instead, we pledged allegiance to an island thousands of miles away where they had queens and castles and princes, an island we were required to build in our imaginations. Never Never Land” (I wonder as I read this if my mother and her family ever felt this way as her largely Irish family grew up in Canada as does this character.)" — Sep 13, 2025 06:30PM
