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January 11, 2022
Although some might interpret it as a partly conservative novel, with its exploration of faith and doubt and its depiction of the importance of self-sufficiency and responsibility, its bleak ending suggests there can be no hope of redemption only
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Set against both the atrocities of the Second World War and the Leftist opposition to the atom bomb, it is partly an allegory for the liberal degrading view of humanity.
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