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Makkai Gives the Lost Generation to Aids a Voice
2023: 27/70 // 3,5/5⭐️ \\
This polyphonic novel draws historical parallels between the AIDS crisis in the 80s, the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015, and the first world war. It portrays the effect that loss has on survivors of these traumas, and how they remain stuck in that specific era.
I feel grateful that by reading this fictional novel, I have become more educated on the AIDS crisis. This is an extremely important case of discriminative medical care, that I was not informed on at all. I am shocked at how these victims were stigmatized and treated wrongly by the political system, as they were mostly homosexual men or drug users. Even though I would have loved to have read a first-person narrative on AIDS, being written by someone who actually lived through it, I understand that that would be impossible as most of them have passed away. I appreciate Makkai’s effort for trying to portray these experiences: she gave a lost generation a voice.
This polyphonic novel draws historical parallels between the AIDS crisis in the 80s, the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015, and the first world war. It portrays the effect that loss has on survivors of these traumas, and how they remain stuck in that specific era.
I feel grateful that by reading this fictional novel, I have become more educated on the AIDS crisis. This is an extremely important case of discriminative medical care, that I was not informed on at all. I am shocked at how these victims were stigmatized and treated wrongly by the political system, as they were mostly homosexual men or drug users. Even though I would have loved to have read a first-person narrative on AIDS, being written by someone who actually lived through it, I understand that that would be impossible as most of them have passed away. I appreciate Makkai’s effort for trying to portray these experiences: she gave a lost generation a voice.
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