garcia marquez like and respected him but pass did not like and respect garcia marquez. part of it was literary. he just didn't think garcia marquez was a first writer. and secondly, he of course moved gradually further and further in the conservative direction, rightly or wrongly. garcia marquez was in the leftward direction, rightly or wrongly and he organized numbers of different conferences in mexico in the 1980's and 90's, particularly against cuba. he hated castro, as a lot of people do in garcia marquez was a supporter and friend of castro so this just drove them for their part. to be fair, actually, very late in life he began to revise his ideas about garcia marquez and to recognize this man had actually created books about black americans concept of love and of solitude and of death, said there was a sort of, almost i'm not sure the term-- the two of them ever shook hands before the end of his life. [applause] >> geral smartness the author several books including "journeys through the labyrinth," let american fiction in the 20th century. he is professor emeritus