Thursday, July 05, 2018

Hmm …

… Man Booker winners pass judgement on their fellow writers. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

I am dismayed that John Banville scorns Joseph Conrad, but simply appalled that anyone would think Karl Marx’s Capital underrated. It cannot be underrated enough. 

3 comments:

  1. Hi Frank, don't you mean "It cannot be overrated enough" in the last line?

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  2. Well, I guess you could out it that way. I think it is worthless.

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  3. So interesting. I just realised that both statements can allude to the same thing, but arrived at differently.

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