Counter-Currents
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If George Costanza of Seinfeld were a real person, he probably would have committed suicide sometime during the show’s fifth season. Much of the humor behind George is how, through an utter lack of self-awareness and shame, he constantly developed elaborate schemes to either hide or feed his sociopathic pettiness. These schemes always unraveled, of course, and the comeuppances always came good and hard, hence the funny.
In the real world, however, there is only so much assault upon one’s dignity a person can endure. Yet George endured, time and time again, in order to entertain millions.
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Thank you.
I’m always excited to see more Hamsun-related content here! Thanks to SQ for these reviews.
Women at the Pump is one Hamsun novel I haven’t read yet, since after reading some in scattered order I have begun to go back and proceed chronologically. I think Hamsun’s Children of the Age, which similarly focuses on coastal life in the Nordland, may be an interesting book to look at if you haven’t already.
Holmsen, thanks for the recommendation. I’ll have to hunt that one down. Hamsun is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.
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