Universities are supposed to be a bastion of high learning and enlightened thinking; the fact that many people turn up to these respected institutions without the ability to meet lofty challenges suggests something is very wrong with the state of education.
The novella moves between storytellers and versions of history, delivering a story that could never fit into a single truth or archive box.
With this promise and its dubious comparison, Yang opens up her world of cultural memory, her geographic and emotional landmarks, and uncertain-yet-loving family relations.
Ultimately, this is the merit of Babel: its timelessness and applicability in modern-day politics.
The grim implications of All This and More have a lot of room to build on, and Shepherd committing to the sinister endings makes for very entertaining reading regardless of which one a reader lands on.
When you pick up this book, keep your wits about you, you will need them.
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