pynchon-l-digest V2 #1910

[Phil Wise]

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> Good one Doug-and no doubt all too true. I again must ask, has anyone read
> Delillo's "The Body Artist"?
>
> TTFN
>
> frodeauxb
>

Yessir, I have.  It is short, meditative, somewhat unlike Underworld.  More
a long short story really; the main character is a woman, which is also
unusual for DeLillo.  The voice is recognisably DeLillo (especially in the
patterns of speech).  Hard to know what to say about it - seems to be about
psychic and bodily limits, grief, art.  There's some stuff about space and
the internet and the libido, a lot about time.  Quite readable (only took me
a day, half of which was spent in a doctor's waiting room).  Sorry I can't
be more specific but I have the feeling it may be the sort of book that
takes a couple of reads to sort out.

Phil