col49, wedding present (was: A Note To P-Listers)

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

Paranoid schrieb:

> Does anyone ever speak of the Crying of Lot 49?  That book (though Pynchon
> says he hacked it out for cash) is extrodinary in its briefness and depth.


  so sez harald bloom. i decided to give it another chance in fall. years ago i 
  read it two times (- first in translation, than in original) & except for that 
  highway scene where oedipa feels like a heroin particle in the bloodstream   
  of la (- or did i dream that?) it did not reach me at all the way pynchon's 
  other novels do. but since my life has changed completely, it might be a 
  completely different book to read now. my personal trp hitlist right now? gr 
  is the best! and the second best is m&d (- these days i'm finishing my second 
  read). about these ratings there is no doubt on my side. but then it gets 
  difficult ... this weekend i am, with my wife & children, invited to a   
  wedding. both of the lucky ones are literature scientists. & since i am, as   
  you will have already realized, an incurable proselytizer, there's no question 
  what to give as a present. kirsten (- she's also reading m&d these days and   
  feeels quite reminded on jean paul)& i think that 3 books make a good wedding 
  present. gr and m&d are out of question. but what's number three?! leaving out 
  col49 for the moment (- & also, for obvious reasons, "slow learner"), the 
  question is: v or vineland? well, though v might be the better text in terms 
  of pure aesthetics, we decided to take vineland. lots of wisdom & warmth in 
  it. also the easiest introduction into the pynchon-universe. so the sect of 
  pynchonites will probably go on growing in northern germany ...  

    kfl  //:: ps: i hope the dj will have some becker & fagen with him ...