Le Guin Part 3: The Reader’s Labyrinth
from Literary Nomads Hosted by Chisnell
Sure, the Omelas dilemma is tough, but at least we have our narrator as ally, right? Right? Perhaps the real horror in Omelas has less to do with the child at its center.
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