thefollowingcharacteristics:•playfulnesswithlanguage•experimentationintheformofthenovel•lessrelianceontraditionalnarrativeform•lessrelianceontraditionalcharacterdevelopment•experimentationwithpointofview•experimentationwiththewaytimeisconveyedinthenovel•mixtureof"highart"andpopularculture•interestinmetafiction...
The first objection is that on my view a child found wander- ing in the woods, the remnant of a slaughtered nation whose tem- ples have been razed and whose books have been burned, has no share in human dignity. This is indeed a consequence, but it does not follow that she may be...