"want to have a beer with yourself from then"--TRP , paraphrase I'm sure.

[Mark Kohut]

John Sutherland, heavy reader/critic/teacher in HOW TO BE WELL READ presents
in this book--as a felt mystery---his wonder at his/our different
responses to a novel when reread after much time has passed. His
example herein was Zulieka Dobson.

My most surprising example is The Stranger, read in my later teens vs.
recently. (And The Old Man & the Sea in a different story/way).

Only one person I know--you know who you are---seemed to plan to
reread at least one book a few times over his lifetime knowing it
would 'change' as he grew older. Interesting foreknowledge.

Worth riffing on, maybe?
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