tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post7912696531070405796..comments2023-07-01T05:46:43.130-05:00Comments on Out of the Woods Now: To burn or not to burn?amcorreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952630644786569828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post-36539769988639494242008-02-14T21:03:00.000-05:002008-02-14T21:03:00.000-05:00I agree with you, for the most part. Yet there is...I agree with you, for the most part. Yet there is that part of me that doesn't want to think of the nonexistence of the <EM>Aeneid</EM> or <EM>The Trial</EM>. But some sort of balance must be struck. In the case of Nabokov, more and more I agree that it should be burned--especially since it's the skeleton of a novel that was never written. <BR/><BR/>There's another <A HREF="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3364183.ece?print=yes" REL="nofollow">article</A> I'm reading right now that examines the issue and includes the responses of John Banville and Tom Stoppard. Maybe I'll have more to add when I reach the end of it...amcorreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952630644786569828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post-24137535728036850802008-02-12T19:12:00.000-05:002008-02-12T19:12:00.000-05:00I just read this post for the first time, since yo...I just read this post for the first time, since you linked it recently. This scenario reminds me of the part of Kundera's <I>Testaments Betrayed</I>, which delves into the problem of Max Brod's broken promise to Kafka - since Kafaka directed Brod to destroy all his unfinished manuscripts, discarded novels, diaries, notes, etc after his death, but Brod turned around and published every last scrap of it, not to mention cashing in on the cult of Kafka to which he largely contributed (and from which he profited). Kundera is one of those writers who is terrified of posthumous betrayals, hence his refusal to give interviews or otherwise provide content for fodder that might be misconstrued or analyzed to death after he's gone. It's a fairly disturbing problem, in my opinion. I think it's a shame they even consider publishing things the author felt sub-par.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post-34417356752616842932008-01-21T08:12:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:12:00.000-05:00Good point. It'll be interesting to see how this ...Good point. It'll be interesting to see how this changes things in the future.amcorreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952630644786569828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post-9499461244446879522008-01-21T01:40:00.000-05:002008-01-21T01:40:00.000-05:00Never fear. Modern storytellers are putting their ...Never fear. Modern storytellers are putting their stuff on the web almost immediately, polished or not. I'm guessing that once archive.org/alexa gets it, you're out of luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com