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- From: jzimm@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Joann Zimmerman)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
- Subject: Re: Non-rabelaisian farts
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 21:11:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.040433.3019@athena.mit.edu> Keith Morgan,
- kamorgan@athena.mit.edu writes:
- [Concerning my signature, which I hope to hell will reappear below in its
- correct place]
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- > I have nothing to say. I just liked this enough to see it
- > again. Source please?
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- The final chapter ("The Dream") of Julian Barnes' _A History of the World
- in 10 1/2 Chapters_. The protagonist's gone to heaven, and finds that
- even the "immortals" are mortal; at some point they decide to toss in the
- towel on this living forever stuff. Apparently the least likely to give
- up at an early stage are the heavenly equivalent of the raberati.
- Contentious, ornery types ...
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- I recommend the entire book; it's even got a nice art history essay
- tucked into the middle, complete with color repro of the painting in
- question.
- --
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- "They like sitting around reading all the books there are. And then they
- love arguing about them. Some of those arguments go on for millenium
- after millenium. It just seems to keep them young, for some reason,
- arguing about books." -- Julian Barnes
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- Joann Zimmerman (jzimm@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
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