Franzen

[James Kyllo]

I enjoyed Ghostwritten and have given or recommended it to several other
people.  Number9Dream, while also enjoyable enough, owes such a debt to
Haruki Murakami that one might as well read the real thing.  Murakami being
a much better writer (imo)


best

James


----- Original Message -----
From: <MysteryTramp999 at aol.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Franzen


> > And in the potential department, two books from last year reveal
> > writers of staggering potential:
> >
> >  The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt and Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
>
> I think Ghostwritten is fantastic, though I'd hesitate to recommend
> it.  Kinda of a strange book, but the kind of strange I like.
>
> Mitchell also wrote Number9Dream (I think the title's one word,
> like that), but that seems to be available only in the UK.
>
> Diana
>