[titania7]

Guillaume,
Many thanks to you for your wonderful compliments! It brings me great joy to think that I have done justice to the extraordinary Onetti in my review. Of course, you are the expert where Onetti is concerned--and I very much appreciate your answering all of Mirabell's inquiries. I'm relieved to hear that it is unnecessary to read the books in a specific order, though I had suspected, since you had recommended The Shipyard to me first, that you had your reasons. I'm definitely in love with Onetti's writing; thus, it would seem I started with the right book! There are few writers who can write such "dry" (as you call it) prose and yet still convey such profound truths and create such a memorable atmosphere. Onetti is singular--and remarkable.

I daresay you flatter me in saying that you could not write as worthy a review of The Shipyard as I did. Guillaume, Onetti is in your blood! I'm certain I could never speak of him with quite the amount of passion that you would!!

Warm regards,
Titania