Riding the Circle Line in Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai…
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Riding the Circle Line in Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai
Currently reading the book so spoilers to a minimum please. In the book, Sibylla repeatedly takes Ludo on the Circle Line to get them both out of the cold, though this comes with some significant drawbacks, namely that people keep bothering her about Ludo's unusual reading habits for a 5 year old. The obvious solution to this problem is that she could take him the FUCKING LIBRARY! She must be aware that libraries exist and, I'm guessing, likes them? So why does she keep making him ride transit for warmth?
One possible explanation is that it's just a contrivance by DeWitt to allow the narrator to humorously describe the various ways other riders react to Ludo reading The Odyssey, etc. The other explanation is that Sibylla, despite her complaints, likes the attention they - she and Ludo - receive from strangers. Thoughts?
#entertainment
Currently reading the book so spoilers to a minimum please. In the book, Sibylla repeatedly takes Ludo on the Circle Line to get them both out of the cold, though this comes with some significant drawbacks, namely that people keep bothering her about Ludo's unusual reading habits for a 5 year old. The obvious solution to this problem is that she could take him the FUCKING LIBRARY! She must be aware that libraries exist and, I'm guessing, likes them? So why does she keep making him ride transit for warmth?
One possible explanation is that it's just a contrivance by DeWitt to allow the narrator to humorously describe the various ways other riders react to Ludo reading The Odyssey, etc. The other explanation is that Sibylla, despite her complaints, likes the attention they - she and Ludo - receive from strangers. Thoughts?
#entertainment
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