The novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” was an example of this for me—depicting how people could have meaningful lives and happiness despite terrible circumstances, which I found really unintuitive beforehand. (I’m wary of generalizing from fictional evidence but it seems not totally crazy to treat this as a window on what other people can at least imagine experiencing.)
The novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” was an example of this for me—depicting how people could have meaningful lives and happiness despite terrible circumstances, which I found really unintuitive beforehand. (I’m wary of generalizing from fictional evidence but it seems not totally crazy to treat this as a window on what other people can at least imagine experiencing.)