"Vladimir Nabokov, who was an entomologist as well as writer and literary critic, insisted that Gregor was not a cockroach, but a beetle with wings under his shell, and capable of flight - if only he had known it. Nabokov left a sketch annotated "just over three feet long" on the opening page of his (heavily corrected) English teaching copy."
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sorry, i can't think about coffee and philosophy right now. i'm too busy getting ready to see DAFT PUNK and the RAPTURE in july. sucka!!
(unless you're coming too, in which case, i take the sucka back)
What coffee shop?
I imagine Ben getting to the end of The Metamorphosis and asking:
Well, what insect was he?
Thanks Wikipedia!
"Vladimir Nabokov, who was an entomologist as well as writer and literary critic, insisted that Gregor was not a cockroach, but a beetle with wings under his shell, and capable of flight - if only he had known it. Nabokov left a sketch annotated "just over three feet long" on the opening page of his (heavily corrected) English teaching copy."
Also Ben. I've decided that the coffee shop is probably also called "It's Bean Fun."
At least according to this Portland-based blog.
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