Lack of Recognition

“In fact, a cult did form, a cult in the best old sense, for it was made of readers whose consciousness had been altered by their encounter with this book . . . .”

  —William Gass on the early devotees of The Recognitions

Saturday, April 29, 2006

A Gem

A single sentence worth more than the complete works of many more acclaimed novelists:


It is the bliss of childhood that we are being warped most when we know it the least.


p. 26 The Recognitions, Penguin, 1993

posted by Frank Sinisterra @ 10:55 AM

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