NABOKV-L post 0008964, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:59:34 -0800

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From: "Charles Nicol" <ejnicol@isugw.indstate.edu>
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> 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
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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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