James Woods book reviewed, Pynchon mention

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 15:35, Ghetta Life wrote:
> >From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> >
> >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."
> >
> > > 
> >http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,1217666,00.html
> >
> >Can someone provide an example of something that is worth listening to?
> >
> >I thought not.
> 
> In the context of the article, which is about Wood's preferences in fiction, 
> the "something that is worth listening to" would be fictional characters who 
> are fully, subtly and believably developed, or as the reviewer calls it 
> "old-fashioned realism."

Yes, this is what Woods wants, and I would like it too but would be hard
pressed to define exactly what is worth listing to or reading about. 

Was just getting in a little dig in at critics.