I do want to chime in and say that there is a lot to learn from fiction. Lisa Genova is a former neurologist (I believe) whose protagonists have a neurological condition and you learn a lot about that character’s disease. I read a novel that was set in Burundi and I learned a bit about that country that I hadn’t known. Same goes for Miss Burma where I learned about Myanmar and their revolution. Even Fleischman is in Trouble—I learned a bit about the social strata in NYC. I could go on.
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I do want to chime in and say that there is a lot to learn from fiction. Lisa Genova is a former neurologist (I believe) whose protagonists have a neurological condition and you learn a lot about that character’s disease. I read a novel that was set in Burundi and I learned a bit about that country that I hadn’t known. Same goes for Miss Burma where I learned about Myanmar and their revolution. Even Fleischman is in Trouble—I learned a bit about the social strata in NYC. I could go on.