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PS. I think there is every reason to speak of the "time doubling" (A.
Dolinin) in "Transparent Things" . There is a number of hints that point
at the 8-year interval between the hypothetical murder and Person's last,
fatal visit to Europe: "an eight-year-old recollection, one fifth of his
life, engrained by grief" (ch. 2); the story of a man who murdered his wife
eight years ago in "Transatlantic" (ch. 25); 8 as a recurrent symbol of
infinity. The "real" time spent with Armande (from August to March) is
absent in this imaginary chronology.
MG.
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> So by the conclusion of Chapter 4, we know that Hugh has visited
> Switzerland 4 times, and that he was 22 at the time of the first
> visit, 32
> at the time of the second, and 40 at the time of the fourth. At the
> fourth
> visit he was 'engrained by grief' of an 8 year duration, and in the third
> floor room of the second visit (age 32) he was crying bitterly.
>
> Am I calculating all of this correctly?
>
>
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> You are indeed. It would be good if someone worked up a full
> chronology for
> the book.
>
>
> D. Barton Johnson
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D. Barton Johnson
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PS. I think there is every reason to speak of the "time doubling" (A.
Dolinin) in "Transparent Things" . There is a number of hints that point
at the 8-year interval between the hypothetical murder and Person's last,
fatal visit to Europe: "an eight-year-old recollection, one fifth of his
life, engrained by grief" (ch. 2); the story of a man who murdered his wife
eight years ago in "Transatlantic" (ch. 25); 8 as a recurrent symbol of
infinity. The "real" time spent with Armande (from August to March) is
absent in this imaginary chronology.
MG.
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> So by the conclusion of Chapter 4, we know that Hugh has visited
> Switzerland 4 times, and that he was 22 at the time of the first
> visit, 32
> at the time of the second, and 40 at the time of the fourth. At the
> fourth
> visit he was 'engrained by grief' of an 8 year duration, and in the third
> floor room of the second visit (age 32) he was crying bitterly.
>
> Am I calculating all of this correctly?
>
>
> ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
> You are indeed. It would be good if someone worked up a full
> chronology for
> the book.
>
>
> D. Barton Johnson
> NABOKV-L
>
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L