[ilds] 'roman-gigogne'

[Charles Sligh]

http://withhiddennoise.net/wp-content/uploads/rayuelomaticFULLSIZE.jpg

The fold-out bed &c.--for me, this recalled Julio Cortazar's "Rayuela-O-Matic."  Cortazar's machine for reading also includes a liquor cabinet.

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=251ad069e473d210&q=cortazar%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcortazar%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den

http://www.vanagon.com/fun/literature/cortazar.html

Durrell and Cortazar sometimes achieve uncanny moments of synchronicity.  

In politics, however, they were distinctly different.

C&c.
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Charles L. Sligh
Department of English
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Charles-Sligh at utc.edu
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