Salinger and Nabokov / Flaubert's Parrot -Reply

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>The author must be like God in His universe; in everything but
>appearing nowhere'. For where can the author hide in this hall of
>mirrors?
>As soon as he believes he is concealed he catches sight of his arm or
>ear
>or mind ....

Thank you- add Flaubert to the list.

I am having a great deal of difficulty trying to decide as to whether or not
the author, particularily JDS (among others), actually needs a reader. It
would appear to me that Salinger needs very little to compliment or
comprehend his  world of Glass (his false azure, possibly).
Granted, he may not make any money doing it - but as is well known,
many a starving artist still paints. 
An author like Nabokov, on the other hand, actively integrates his
audience into his mental and literal labyrinthine.

Go figure.

Dan

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