oh my poor doomed ass

[Lucky Pierre]

--- Richard Romeo <romeocheeseburger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Lucky Pierre for yous who don't know is an endless
> meditation on perspective, looping and relooping. I
> looked forward to the book and when it was finally
> published was somewhat disappointed. On the heels of
> reading Gaddis' Agape Agape, it was double
> disappointment whammy.
> Coover doesn't really say anything he hasn't said
> before and like the Gaddis, it felt like a clearing
> of
> the decks. 
> I'm feeling a bit bereft now--there aren't any
> writers
> i'm crazy about. a bit of ra lafferty sure only for
> his undeniable eccentricity.
> I've found roth and nabokov to be really dullsville
> tho I can see why folks appreciate what they do.
> well, i do lik

the book is a fucking feast. you must be very tired of
reading if you find this stuff is dull, but ....the
more roth i read the more i like him. i'm still
bothered by his tendency to tell when he might show,
but he tells it so well. a little book and brief, the
dying animal could be made into a wonderful ... like,
one of those one man shows off braodway mixed media
things. imagine sitting on stage in couches listening
to the man while the musical compositions, the
paintings, the poetry, the tv  and film, the
sculpture, all... parade into the room. 



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