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Apr. 17th, 2002 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pearwaldorfPOWELLSBOOKS.newsFLASH!
In a bipartisan study conducted by Caldecott-winning illustrators and
international Bloomsbury scholars, ninety percent of fifth graders agreed
that color illustrations did not make "Finnegans Wake" any easier to
understand. Of the remaining ten percent surveyed, seven percent balked at
the title page, unable to overlook the absent apostrophe and refusing to
continue. Three percent did not understand the question.
::snork!:: And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should support your local independent bookstores.
In a bipartisan study conducted by Caldecott-winning illustrators and
international Bloomsbury scholars, ninety percent of fifth graders agreed
that color illustrations did not make "Finnegans Wake" any easier to
understand. Of the remaining ten percent surveyed, seven percent balked at
the title page, unable to overlook the absent apostrophe and refusing to
continue. Three percent did not understand the question.
::snork!:: And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should support your local independent bookstores.
