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>>II don't know about wangling a full conversation with >JB - I imagine he would be quite reticent. Though I >have seen him a couple of times at literary events and >he is a witty, playful speaker and gladly answers any >questions put to him by audience members. > > > >'ll be joining the camp of message posters who are >>writing a dissertation, hoping that you enthusiasts >>will have an educated nibble at a dangled question... > >> >>I am looking at 'Flaubert's Parrot' and the statement >>it makes on the relationship between literature and >>the reader. Does it promote empathy, insight and a >>sense of life's possibilities? Or is it a ghetto for >>saddos who can't cope with the intimacies and >>complexities of real life? Although packaged up to >>sound more academic, naturally. Any resources or >>ramblings you'd care to supply would be received with >>rapture... >> >>How do you suppose one would actually be able to angle >>a conversation with Barnes, short of stalking? Is it >>worth sampling the delights of Swindon to see him at a >>literary festival I wonder? Musings on this subject, >>welcome too. >> >>Many thanks.

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