[lit-ideas] FW: Re: The Constant Gardener - Off List
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:02:49 -0400
Off list. I think in some ways you were "fortunate" to have your
experience, the way Dickens was "fortunate" to have his. You got to see a
world few readers see, and you got to see it from, as you say, an
"unhinged" perspective. If I were a writer, I would envy you your
experiences. Whether sympathy or empathy is required for enduring
literature, I don't know and who really cares. Crichton researches and
writes from his imagination. Dickens wrote from imagination and
experience. They're both good. And I can relate to the emotional part.
I've worked through a lot of stuff myself, but nothing as dramatic as
yours. I suspect the unworked through part is the part that is keeping
your sympathy at bay, and also is the direct cause of the PTSD. It all
lies in childhood, that's a universal. Who knows, maybe you'll donate some
of the proceeds of your best seller to start a foundation to help the
mentally ill homeless get on their feet. And maybe not. And that's fine.
And that's all I have to say.
> [Original Message]
> From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/30/2006 6:17:03 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Constant Gardener
>
> I gave you my sympathies, but you have none to give others. That's very
> sad. Not right or wrong, just sad.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 6/30/2006 1:38:41 AM
> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Constant Gardener
> >
> > "I have no sympathy for people who give up
> > > without a fight, and ultimately just sit in the marshland
> > > waiting for their executioners."
> >
> > Andy: You got help to get out of your predicament. Others
> > can fend for themselves.
> >
> > Fuck you, Andy. Unquote.
> >
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