Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006103, Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:07:36 -0700

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Nabokov mentioned by B. R. Myers (fwd)
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From: Wayne Daniels <w.r.daniels@home.com>

>I'm afraid these
> sorts of generalities are as bad as anything Myers affects to sniff out in
> those terrible, terrible novels of DeLillo and Proulx.

Oh doctor! The relief! I feel I must write to tell you of the good your
product has done me.

> I suspect, but may of course be wrong, that by "least respected" Mr.
> Myers simply means least talked about in the "mainstream" critical
> discourse -- and it would be hard to argue with him there.

I devoutly believe time and right reason will take care of such aberrations.

Best,

Wayne Daniels

Philosophie sei, sagt der Theologe, wenn jemand in einem absolut dunklen
Raum mit verbundenen Augen eine schwarze Katze sucht, die gar nicht da ist.
Theologie aber ist, erwidert der Philosoph, wenn jemand in einem absolut
dunklen Raum und mit verbundenen Augen eine schwarze Katze sucht, die gar
nicht da ist, und ruft: "Ich hab sie."