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Mara and Dann
Mara and Dann
Date: 22 May 2011, 20:49

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On the surface, their chief criticism is correct: like many fantasy novels, this one employs a cyclical rhythm in its presentation of Mara and Dann's escapades--new locale, followed by capture or separation, then dangers and threats, ending with flight or escape. Although the story doesn't start with "Once upon a time," Lessing admits in her introduction that the characters in this "reworking of a very old tale" end up "happily ever after." But the critics entirely miss the allegorical (and, yes, political) undercurrent: as the two survivors travel north and each civilization they encounter becomes more "advanced," individual liberties deteriorate in more elaborate--and more troubling--ways. While journeying through a continent, Mara and Dann progress from the tribal culture of the Stone Age to the mercantile society of the Middle Ages. Their adventures may resemble each other in kind but definitely not in degree, and they "live happily ever after" only when they escape the trappings of "civilization" and accept an arrangement that values individual freedom over collective subjugation.
One could argue further that Lessing has created a microcosm of human history, but she's also managed to tell a great story. Indeed, instead of finding the book monotonous or slow-paced, I (like many other readers) couldn't put it down.

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