slaggin' Franzen post-Nobel

[Murthy Yenamandra]

Paul Mackin writes:
> Otto wrote:
> >  Has somebody
> >finished "The Corrections" yet?
> A few days after it come out. Liked it a lot.

Second that. The first third is a bit uneven, but it gathers strength
as it goes. His second novel, Strong Motion, was also very good in
places.

> The Gaddis people seem rather down on Franzen for the New Yorker piece. 
> An overreaction I think. Despite Franzen's admission he never finished 
> JR he nevertheless demonstrated a rather strong  knowledge of the ouvre 
> in general. He is definitely a Gaddis reader,  which should be 
> appreciated in itself.

Agree. Don't hate me because I have a list of Delillo books I never
finished :-). Doesn't mean I don't like Delillo or White Noise, I swear.

Murthy

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Murthy Yenamandra                  mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
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