Saturday, September 03, 2005

Lost books

Sebastian Faulks' entertaining review of Stuart Kelly's The Book of Lost Books makes it seem very entertaining. And it really is dizzying to comprehend the possible - though unlikely - discovery of a few dozen more plays written by Sophocles or a third work by Homer. They have all existed at one time, but now, apparently, they are lost.

However, I’m already dizzy as I regard every book as the record of its own loss. :)

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous1:14 am

    You are not Maurice Blanchot. You are truly odious. I am, I admit, anonymous.

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