Tag: Circles

     The page before the title page and the title page of David Markson’s copy of Tolstoy: His Life and Work by Derrick Leon:     

     On which Markson, underneath a portrait of Tolstoy, wrote the number 23 with a circle around it (the age of Tolstoy at the time of the portrait).

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     “Tolstoy kept a portrait of Dickens on the wall in his study.”
     – David Markson, Vanishing Point, pg. 28.

     Wonder what age Dickens was in the portrait Tolstoy hung in his study?

     “Tolstoy, as a student, wore a medallion portrait of [Rousseau] instead of his Orthodox cross.”
     – David Markson, This Is Not A Novel, pg. 32.

     Wonder what age Rousseau was in the portrait Tolstoy wore round his neck?

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     David Markson’s copy of Tolstoy: His Life and Work by Derrick Leon is owned by John Harrison. The above scan is used with his permission. Copyright © John Harrison.