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In his lifetime, Orwell never ceased to apologize for his short-comings as a writer of fiction. And at his death, he directed his executors to ensure that at least two of his novels -- A Clergyman’s Daughter and Keep the Aspidistra Flying -- were not republished.

‘Objectivity’ though in practice as unattainable as infinity, is useful in the same way, at least as a fixed point of theoretical reference.

[Claude Simon] opted for indiscriminate relativist promiscuity, where nothing can be taken as certain except the bad faith of those with whom he disagrees. The award of the Nobel Prize to such a shady literary enterprise is a minor scandal, reflecting the intellectual rot which had been spread by pseudo-intellectuals.