into that strangely problematic space: “ personal possession.” Is it not ghoulish to own, not to mention acquire, such an object? Complicating the dilemma posed by such a gift is the nature of the gift itself. Sartre’s Critique of Dialectical Reason is perhaps the one book in the murderer’s library which, if properly understood, m ight have deterred him from his heinous act. Where rational comprehension—or even “ intellection,” defined by Sartre as the understanding of any act from a perspective larger than that of its perpetrator—might have succeeded, poetry seemed to have fa iled. Gautier called Lacenaire a “ true murderer and false poet.” The mint condition of his library, the pristine, unread immaculateness of his volume of Sartre evokes no less a charge against R.D. Turner: True murderer, false scholar! At the end of Crime and Punishment, the convicted murderer/former student Raskolnikov dreams of a strange plague that ravages all of Europe and Asia, borne by germs endowed with reason and will. “Whole villages, whole towns and peoples became infected and went mad,” we learn. “ Never had they thought their decisions, their scientific conclusions, and their moral convictions so unshakable or so uncontestably right.” These dreams torment Raskolnikov, but finally they fade as he undergoes his last transformation. “ Life had taken the place of dialectics,” Dostoevsky tells us, “ and something quite different had to work itself out in his mind.” This particular copy of this particular book brings forth a gift of terrible potential, bearing messages of terrible warning. It takes its place in our library not as a memento mori (“ remember that you must die” ), but rather as a memento recordari: remember that you must remember. Writer James Winchell lives in Seattle, where he is completing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Washington in Comparative Literature. His last story in CSQ was “The Two Viruses of AIDS.” Artist Joellyn Rock is living out of Seattle for a year in the City of Light. Her work appears frequently in The Rocket and Village Voice. MURPHY’S SEAFOOD The finest seafood available. Special orders 10:30-6:30 gladly' Tuesday-Saturday taken. ' NtW, 2108 N.W. Glisan Portland, Oregon 97210 227-7800 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CRAFT BREWERY Drink Bridgeport Ales Fresh, draught beer brewed the traditional way. Available at se lec t taverns, pubs and res tau ran ts in the Portland area, and in ou r own Brew Pub. PUB HOURS: TUES-THURS 4-10 pm, FRI 4-11 pm, SAT 12-11 pm, SUN 12-6 pm COLUMBIA RIVER BREWERY 1313 N.W. Marshall 241-7179 Distributed By: United Manchester 2443 SE 4th St. 232-1178 28 Rveda Sebastian Rusk Paul Mitchell Frames! La Coupe Master INDIVIDUALIZED SRLON SERVICES. CUT • CURL • COLOR FINGERS & TOCS IAII ZCC - 724 MW 21st AVE 228-5000 5IX DAY5 A WEEK & EVENING5 BY APPOINTMENT IMPORT RECORDS,TAPES , COMPACT D ISCS , POSTERS, AND MAGAZINES. 2190 U. BURNSIDE UPTOUN PORTLAND HOURS MON-SAT 11 -7 SUN 12 -5 PHONE < 5 0 3 ) 2 2 5 -0 2 4 9 G IFT CERT IF ICATES , TOO! Clinton St. Quarterly— Spring, 1987 IN APRIL We ore proud to introduce o new menu of moderately priced dinners Featuring Blackened Prime Rib • Daily Breakfast and Lunch Specials • Big Screen Sports The Casual Neighborhood Place Where Friends Meet. 2020 W. Burnside • 224-2115 Cocktails French country cooking in an elegant atmosphere at refreshingly low prices. “The kind of place everybody is looking for." (Roger Porter and Karen Brooks, Sept. 1986) • Full Bar • Free Parking • Non-Smoking Restaurant • Major C red it Cards Accepted Seating from 5:30 to 10:00 pm Mon. - Sat. 1987 N.W. Kearney, Portland For Reservations 295-6487 S TOP BY AND TASTE O U R NEW KITCHEN STEAK SANDWICH • FISH & CHIPS and more . . . DINE OUTSIDE ON OUR NEW DECK!
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