Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008941, Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:27:15 -0800

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Fw: Saul Bellow -- an earnest admirer of Pnin and Lolita ...:
Martin Amis essay
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> "Still, I propose to make an educated guess about >literary futures, and I
> hereby trumpet the prediction that Saul Bellow >will emerge as the supreme
> American novelist."
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> I can recall when Amis fils was predicting World War 3, and his own 'need'
> during WW3, to shoot his wife and children to spare them the ravages of
> radiation poisoning. I suspect his latest prediction has an equally good
> chance of being realised.
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