Marianne, I agree with pretty much everything you say about
the book. I enjoyed it for its nihilism. That is why I found
the ending one of wishful thinking on the part of the author,
that these very damaged people could find an alternative for
themselves. They are still nihilistic, defined in opposition
to the corrupt society, but unlike pilgrims, they have no
internal belief structure to build upon, except maybe some
vague idea of family. I wish the new family luck, they have
certainly been through enough that they deserve a happy
ending, but I also think they've been through so much they
are unlikely to find it. I agree that ending is not closure,
but it had to end there, there was no where for Teran to go
from there.
Mark
-- # To unsubscribe from the regular list, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to # majordomo@icomm.ca. This will not work for the digest version. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 28 May 2001 EDT