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‘To me’, says Democritus, ‘a single man is a crowd, and a crowd is a single man.’
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:25 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
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Books are, let’s face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen rounds in the ring against the best that any other art form had to offer, then books would win pretty much every time. Go on, try it. “The Magic Flute” vs. 'Middlemarch?’ 'Middlemarch’ in six. “The Last Supper” vs. 'Crime and Punishment?’ Fyodor on points. See? I mean, I don’t know how scientific this is, but it feels like the novels are walking it. You might get the occasional exception- “Blonde on Blonde” might mash up 'the Old Curiosity Shop,’ say, and I wouldn’t give much for 'Pale Fire’s’ chances against 'Citizen Kane.’ And every now and again you’d get a shock, because that happens in sport, so 'Back to the Future III’ might land a lucky punch on 'Rabbit, Run;’ but I’m still backing literature twenty-nine times out of thirty.
Speaker: Nick HornbySource: the Polysyllabic SpreePosted: 17 Oct 2010 at 7:39 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
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