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77 sats \ 11 replies \ @Taft OP 20 Aug 2024 \ parent \ on: How many books do you read a year? BooksAndArticles
A friend suggested me to read On the Road. Is it a good reading?
I absolutely love it, but I feel like you need to have been born at a certain time and place to appreciate it. I think you either love it or hate it. I think Truman Capote said "that's not writing, it's typing." I disagree.
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What he wrote initially and what was published was different.
Especially the names, and they cut out a bunch.
Have you seen his scroll? Its epic!
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Probably a photo years ago. I knew it was edited.
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He would have had to use a typewriter for all of it.
I just find that amazing!
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I'm old enough to have submitted college papers that I typed!
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Doesnt it mess with your ocd when stuff doesnt line up?
One letter is raised above the rest? lol
My father collected them, I used to use them often.
Its really interesting how he initially wrote the book.
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