Pynchon as world author

[Adam Lou Stephanides]

On Thu, 23 May 1996, Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt wrote:

> At his best, he's not an American author at all, but a world author (I am 
> using Nietzsche's terms here - as you probably know he payed Goethe 
> the highest compliment he could think of by calling him European 
> rather than German). 

This gives me an opportunity to ask a question I've been curious about:
what is Pynchon's international reputation?  I know there are a number
of non-U.S. people on this list, but is Pynchon generally recognized
outside the U.S. as a great author, in more or less the same way as
such non-U.S. authors as Gabriel Garcia Marquez are recognized here
as great?

--Adam