Re: bessie & bowels

Hi Kim,

Yes. Finding the last year would be fascinating.

Come Monday, I start teaching the novels on Lit, Madness, and Obsession in
the course I mentioned earlier. But the first day, in both classes, begins with
"Before the Law" -- for a little experiment in readings.

It's always one of my favorite days of the year.

And yes, by the way, some of the letters between James and Nora are perfectly
lewd and lovely.

Have you seen the "Nora" film? It quotes them in a couple of scenes.

All the best,

--John

PS: Daniel, as usual, Lewis's reading tells us as much if not more about
Lewis as it does about Franz's stories. That's as it should be, of course. I
don't know, but I suspect Lewis's idea of what he calls "the spirit" and Franz's
would have been rather different. In any case, it's certainly a lot different
from mine. But I do understand the vague sense of "otherness" that he's
talking about -- even if I don't share his need for those particular metaphors.
In fact, there's nothing "other worldly" about Kafka for me, really. I see the
world of those stories all around me all the time. And if I ask my kids
about their first week getting registered and starting work on a very large
university campus, they're likely to tell me the very same thing. But I have no
problem with Lewis's reading either. It works just fine.

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