James Woods book reviewed, Pynchon mention

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Wed May 19 12:45:38 CDT 2004


On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 08:27, Malignd wrote:
> "Once Stendhal's mirror is replaced by stories that
> seem happier reflecting on the problems of
> story-telling, as if hugging themselves at their own
> cleverness, old-fashioned realism is replaced by a new
> form of 'hysterical realism', in which novelists such
> as Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo need to shout in
> order to disguise the fact that they have nothing to
> say, or nothing worth listening to."

Can someone provide an example of something that is worth listening to?

I thought not.


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> http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,1217666,00.html
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