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That america that i turned to. And i want to end by saying that it was very hard to choose these books, because i had, you know, we are all promiscuous when it comes to art. We have so many lovers, you know . And we are allowed to. And so what happened was that i had 24 books. I couldnt do it, i had to condense it to books that would express my feelings. And the books that i chose were i realized how the american novel, the American Fiction goes exactly against that class materialism of american dream. There are two sides to this dream, two contradictory sides to this dream. And the fact that most of the influential american heroes are outcasts and strangers, not just in huck finn, but even in the mystery tales in that magnificent writer named raymond chandler. They are, quoteunquote, little people, ordinary people who do not want material success. They are, in henry james words, perfectly equipped failures. And i wanted to talk about them beginning with huck finn because i think huck

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