Barthelme / book rec?/ if you enjoyed P, try these

[Vivek Ahlawat]

I would recommend these to a Pynchon fan:

1) Life: A Users Manual by Georges Perec 

2) Discovery of Heaven: Harry Mulisch (*****) One of
the very best of the living Europeans.

3) Women: Phillipe Sollers 

4) The Wind Up Bird Chronicle: Haruki Murakami

All are big, complex and you can use several of the
adjectives used to describe Pynchon and the Pynchon
polarized writers like Vollmann, Wallace, Powers, Tom
Boyle et al in States.

Also, more recommendations from others would be
welcome to dust our lists. 

Vivek

 



--- Brian Whitman <bwhitman at crudites.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm very sorry to be using this List for such inane
> and selfish things!
> But who knows-- I have recently devoured all I could
> of Donald Barthelme's
> work. I find his short stories absolutely wonderful,
> especially "The Big
> Radio Broadcast of 1938" which I found a
> particularly touching love story.
> Also loved "Snow White" and all that. Would love to
> get more, but I've
> read them all and he's no longer with us :(
> 
> Am going on vacation in a bit and want to bring a
> book. Was going to bring
> a P book but I want to expand a bit more. So here's
> my personal ad: "M
> seeks big Book for long sets on beach, quiet nights.
> Likes: Pynchon, D
> Barthelme, some DF Wallace, books about video game
> comapnies or cats.
> Dislikes: most science fiction, pop science nonfic."
> 
> 
> --
> Brian Whitman
> bwhitman at crudites.org
> Crudites Sound Ventures
> 
> 
> 


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