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From: Mark Bennett
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: RE: Fw: Robbe-Grillet: Jealousy, hailed by Nabokov as one of the greatest novels of the century ...

But as a final gesture of rebellion in this interview,  [Robbe-Grillet] declines to say, between film and literature, which he regards as his wife and which his mistress. " 
'I didn't marry either of them. It's like asking: Which do you prefer, your Dad or your Mum?'
A "final gesture of rebellion"?  How about a final gesture of contempt for such a silly question.  Sheesh