Leslie Fielder wimps out

[tess marek]

Is DeLillo is simply better than Pynchon? 

With each of his novels Don DeLillo has enhanced his
literary reputation and gained a wider audience. 
Pynchon has not. 
Delillo's prose is carefully crafted. 
Pynchon's prose is not. 
While both writers are concerned with verbal
precision, Pynchon's is often awkward and cumbersome. 
Both have a dazzling intelligence. 
Both can be humorous, but DeLillo has a Sharper,
natural wit while Pynchon is often stupid funny or
amusing himself at his reader's expense funny. 
DeLillo has surpassed Pynchon in brilliance,
versatility, and breadth of imagination. 
DeLillo has that rare creative gift that Pynchon
lacks--the ability to identify and describe the exact
look and feel of contemporary reality.
Both have beautiful language. DeLillo has more of it.
Lots more. 





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