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From: "Duncan White" <duncanwhite24@hotmail.com>
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> This is the first time I have mailed the list - I have recently started
> studying for a Russian Lit. MA (with VN as my main interst area) at SSEES
> under Jane Grayson.
>
> Glenn's suspicion is correct. Martin Amis is indeed a friend of Bellow's,
> but only met him in the early eighties. I don't have the exact details to
> hand, but I believe it was in 1982 when conducting an interview for the
> Observer newspaper. He has written how he shook uncontrollably for much of
> the meeting. Despite the nerves, Amis has been friends with Bellow ever
> since - in his memoir Experience there is much on Bellow's role as a
> literary surrogate father figure after Kingsley's death.
>
> Best,
>
> Duncan White
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Fw: Saul Bellow -- an earnest admirer of Pnin and
> >Lolita...:Martin Amis essay
> >Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:03:04 -0800
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
> > >
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> >lines) ------------------
> > > I don't think it's "family friend" and it's not quite from
CHILDHOOD-the
> > > idea of Kingsley Amis socializing with Saul Bellow is unlikely, albeit
> > > hilarious (the two did not constitute a mutal admiration society to
say
> >the
> > > least).
> > >
> > > GK
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > > > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:59 PM
> > > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > > Subject: Fw: Fw: Saul Bellow -- an earnest admirer of Pnin and
> > > > Lolita...:Martin Amis essay
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Charles Nicol" <ejnicol@isugw.indstate.edu>
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (30
> > > > lines) ------------------
> > > > > I'm told that Bellow has been a family friend from Martin's
> >childhood
> > > > > on. This might have something to do with this announcement in The
> > > > > Atlantic that Bellow is not just one step above VN, but also one
> >step
> > > > > above Twain, Melville, and James (all four of whom are mentioned
in
> >the
> > > > > article).
> > > > > Chaz
> > > > >
> > > > > ========
> > > > > >>> chtodel@cox.net 11/20/2003 9:27:15 PM >>>
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: <nitrogen14@australia.edu>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (11
> > > > > lines) ------------------
> > > > > > "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."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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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From: "Duncan White" <duncanwhite24@hotmail.com>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (94
lines) ------------------
> This is the first time I have mailed the list - I have recently started
> studying for a Russian Lit. MA (with VN as my main interst area) at SSEES
> under Jane Grayson.
>
> Glenn's suspicion is correct. Martin Amis is indeed a friend of Bellow's,
> but only met him in the early eighties. I don't have the exact details to
> hand, but I believe it was in 1982 when conducting an interview for the
> Observer newspaper. He has written how he shook uncontrollably for much of
> the meeting. Despite the nerves, Amis has been friends with Bellow ever
> since - in his memoir Experience there is much on Bellow's role as a
> literary surrogate father figure after Kingsley's death.
>
> Best,
>
> Duncan White
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Fw: Saul Bellow -- an earnest admirer of Pnin and
> >Lolita...:Martin Amis essay
> >Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:03:04 -0800
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (53
> >lines) ------------------
> > > I don't think it's "family friend" and it's not quite from
CHILDHOOD-the
> > > idea of Kingsley Amis socializing with Saul Bellow is unlikely, albeit
> > > hilarious (the two did not constitute a mutal admiration society to
say
> >the
> > > least).
> > >
> > > GK
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > > > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:59 PM
> > > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > > Subject: Fw: Fw: Saul Bellow -- an earnest admirer of Pnin and
> > > > Lolita...:Martin Amis essay
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Charles Nicol" <ejnicol@isugw.indstate.edu>
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (30
> > > > lines) ------------------
> > > > > I'm told that Bellow has been a family friend from Martin's
> >childhood
> > > > > on. This might have something to do with this announcement in The
> > > > > Atlantic that Bellow is not just one step above VN, but also one
> >step
> > > > > above Twain, Melville, and James (all four of whom are mentioned
in
> >the
> > > > > article).
> > > > > Chaz
> > > > >
> > > > > ========
> > > > > >>> chtodel@cox.net 11/20/2003 9:27:15 PM >>>
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: <nitrogen14@australia.edu>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (11
> > > > > lines) ------------------
> > > > > > "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."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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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