Katerina Clark and Michael Holquist write: "Odessa..., like Vilnius, was an appropriate setting for a chapter in the life of a man who was to become the philosopher of heteroglossia and carnival.
Katerina Clark ir Michael Holquist rašo: „Odesa, kaip Vilnius, buvo tinkamas miestas žmogaus gyvenimo skyriuje, kuriame jis siekia tapti heteroglosijos filosofu.