24. The main character in story is a mixture of Epstein and Kramer. The villain is a world-famous novelist who is obviously Bellow.
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25. Odd thing about Epstein's story is that it undermines the narrator (Epstein/Kramer) as much as it does Bellow.
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26. At the end of the story Epstein/Kramer is completely unhinged by experience of knowing Noah Danzig. Hardly a triumphant revenge.
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27. Way I read Epstein's story is he tried to get revenge on Bellow but while writing it realized it can't be done. Bellow's pen too strong
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28. Kramer and Epstein wrote several harshly critical essays about Bellow, but again nothing powerful enough to exact real blood.
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29. The still unanswered question is whether any of these roman a clefs (Bellow's and Epstein's) will survive as fiction? The End.
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@HeerJeet Neither one is a master storyteller per se but Roth's powers of invention > Bellow's.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@matthunte Absolutely. I definitely rank Roth higher than Bellow. Bellow is a heavy writer in a way Roth never is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@matthunte Couldn't agree more.
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