Sunday, March 1, 2009

Quote du Jour: A Mystery?

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This one mystifies me:

Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to hide it.
~ Roberto Bolano, 2666

Does anybody have any thoughts on what meaning it intends to convey? Clue: the discussion going on in the novel is about literature.
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