antw. Re: Vineland mediocre?

[Otto]

Good thoughts, Moni, but as the discussion proves - "Vineland" is still an
underestimated novel, and maybe we should jump through the mirror into its
depths just for that reason.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Belevan"
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: antw. Re: Vineland mediocre?
>
> I think Vineland is a sort of foreword the rediscovery of tenderness in
M&D.
> There is a shift in Pynchon´s leverage, he seems, in fact, more concerned
> with transmission of sentiment than with execution of craftsmanship.
>
> In music, the finest execution is that which permits a full and nervous
> transferrence of emotion--lucklessly, Pynchon does not attain this effect
> homogenously throught the novel, and it comes through as being an
irregular
> work. As is, in many ways, COL49.
>
> However, Vineland sets a precedent in amplyfing Pynchon´s scope, in
> anchoring a separate maturity that is consummated to near-perfection in
M&D.
>
> All that said, I prefer GR and V.
>
> Immature me? Possibly, yes.
> ´´ Puerile´´, Doug chugs.
>
> --Moni
>


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