[Vwoolf] article in *The Nation*

[Sarah M. Hall]

 Enjoyed this piece enormously, thanks, Jeanne.

I see that André Aciman is the author of Call Me by Your Name, which I know from the film rather than the book. Interesting that he thinks if you don't understand something then it doesn't make sense. Personally, I'd give any writer of reputation the benefit of the doubt and assume that the onus is on me to try harder. Aciman doesn't tell us what his 'couple of questions' are, but it seems just as possible that his interlocutors failed to make sense of his questions as that they couldn't make sense of Woolf's novel. But maybe they were too polite to say so to his face.
Sarah



Sarah M. HallVirginia Woolf Society of GB



    On Thursday, 6 May 2021, 16:34:59 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  
 
 
Thank you Jeanne. Where on earth would we be without helpful men like Mr Aciman (whoever he is)?! …

“How much thinking those old gentlemen used to save one! How the borders of ignorance shrank back at their approach! Cats do not go to heaven. Women cannot write the plays of Shakespeare.”

  

  

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Hello All,

  

Of interest (especially for cat lovers)!

  

Alyssa Harad, "Helpful Men: Defending Philip Roth, Dismissing Virginia Woolf": https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/virginia-woolf-roth-andre-aciman/__;!!KGKeukY!mkBwKte2wfFcgDMeI25pSss-o71nZO6x2k975mwmkB9WRS7i9K9OxnGnkpfL_YmI7Po8tXUKLXzD$ 

  

All best,

  

Jeanne


  

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