Raymond Gaita's Shame made this point about truth-telling. People want to claim credit for the good things their ancestors have done, but want to relegate the bad things to the irrelevant past/
I recently listened to Richard Flanagan’s Question 7, a memoir of sorts. It’s impossible to summarise but the parts about his family history in Tasmania were very moving
Raymond Gaita's Shame made this point about truth-telling. People want to claim credit for the good things their ancestors have done, but want to relegate the bad things to the irrelevant past/
So true!
I recently listened to Richard Flanagan’s Question 7, a memoir of sorts. It’s impossible to summarise but the parts about his family history in Tasmania were very moving
Thanks for the recommendation!