This excerpt from an article on Michael Chabon, truth, fiction, and the Holocaust, is tantalizing.
Posted by BT at April 12, 2005 01:23 PMyou can fool some of the people all of the time?
perhaps we are too well trained to suspend our disbelief--or to give people the benefit of the doubt (this is the essence of politeness, is it not? the maxims of conversation suggest that people should not try to willfully delude us, especially if there is no gain in it for themselves, right?)
Posted by: art on April 14, 2005 06:56 AMHey, what's happened to the Friday questions, anyway? (Bangs spoon and cup.)
Posted by: Gavin on April 15, 2005 11:03 AMPatience, patience...
Posted by: BT on April 15, 2005 11:08 AM