“It was culture as class performance, literature fetishized for its ability to take educated people on false emotional journeys . . .”

“…so that they might afterwards feel superior to the uneducated people whose emotional journeys they like to read about.” This is how Sally Rooney describes a character’s reaction to a famous author who gives a reading from one of his books. Then, Rooney does something remarkable.  On the next page, … Read More