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All Men Are Brothers by Shi Nai'an
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Unlike any text I've read, except The Old Testament. It has the feel of ancient oral stories transcribed into a narrative written form. The story slowly unfolds, there are hundreds of characters and many of the main characters have two or three names. Somehow all characters are inter-twined and related through the telling of the tale. The grand theme is a slow rebellion by ordinary people in response and reaction to the increasingly self-important, over-wealthy, and isolated and dependent ruling class arbitrarily over reaching their bounds of human and governmental authority.
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Reading Progress

January 29, 2013 – Started Reading
January 29, 2013 – Shelved
June 19, 2013 – Finished Reading

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