The Breast Recommendations

[Betsy Platt]

Otto's absolutely right about Chimera, but Giles Goat Boy rates, too. Plus,
has anyone mentioned Robert Coover yet?
B

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From: "Otto" <ottosell at yahoo.de>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: The Breast Recommendations


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melinda" <melinda17 at yahoo.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: The Breast Recommendations
>
>
> > Thanks everybody for all your suggestions... I'll
> > probably be working my way slowly through all of them,
> > maybe The Crying of Lot 49 first? mmm, if there's any
> > more suggestions, I'd love to hear them... especially
> > if they have anything to do with my breasts. Thanks
> > again! Melinda
> >
>
> Sorry to fail in that last point but I'd like to recommend some books that
> haven't been mentioned yet:
>
> Michail Bulgakow: The Master and Margerita -- really a masterpiece and
> partly very, very funny.
> John Barth: Chimera -- his best in my opinion.
> Toni Morrison: Beloved -- a masterpiece in storytelling.
> David Sedaris: Me Talk Pretty One Day -- irresistibly funny.
> And last not least:
> Jim Dodge: Stone Junction -- Pynchon wrote an introduction to this novel.
>
> Otto
>
>