Ghost of a flea

Laboratory of Generalized Catastrophe

Merde in France runs an interview with French novelist and thinker Maurice G. Dantec. These are not views of the French establishment...

The French population is about as well informed as in 1940: at the time it was said that we didn't need to fight wars in order to win them. You know how that turned out.

Sensitive readers should be aware the interview affords the opportunity to learn colourful phrases in two languages. I like what he has to say about writing and blogs:

How do you see the effects of blogging on the vocation of writing?

None whatsoever: what matters is what is written, not where, not how, not even by who. However, a blog can be very useful for writers during their research phase. It allows the establishment of the 'library-network' which has a strategic importance in today's all-out-war the stakes of which are, of course, the WRITTEN WORD. By that I mean the paradoxical updating of the divine presence in each human being.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 2, 2003 05:39 AM