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That's in blood: her Dad, as one recalls, patronized arts and took
artists
to task for being ... not socially minded. All the while VN's lineage is
consistently unordinary in cultural sense. Isn't it why he remains a
sore
eye for some ordinary folk (this invented group isn't so numerous) and
closed minded members of writers guilt (quite ordinary minded, numerous
and
self-appointed speakers for "ordinary" - to inflate their speaking
value).
OM's physical heroism bit is banality of the worst kind coming from the
lips
of people with Mrs. Krushcheva's family history. But who cares, she is
alive, she can compare, VN can't object. Or can he?
As for Christian redeemer, pointedly brought along by LH, he is better
left
along in role of a philosopher (per Bush 2000), as his prophetic
prowess is
not so well defined.
All that critique is not new - practiced again, and again: take context
away
and break text apart. Tried and failed on good old wine, good old
religion,
De Vinchi strokes, or VN's words.
In the world of words banality as Russian concept, remains and will
remain
undervalued in the "post-modern" Western world.
LH should not forget that VN is the only author who invented his
readers.
- George