A Trove of New Works by Thomas Pynchon?

Otto ottosell at yahoo.de
Tue Sep 7 15:32:37 CDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ghetta Life" <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com>
To: <artkm at execpc.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: A Trove of New Works by Thomas Pynchon?
>
> The Recognitions is the first of Gaddis for me.  I've only just finished
the
> first part, and am very impressed.  At first I had trouble betting into
the
> flow of the narrator's voice, but I'm catching on.  I'm finding part of
the
> beauty in the writing is what is implied but not said.  I also know that
> there are allusions aplenty that I'm just letting go by because I'd rather
> focus on letting the story flow.  When I read it again (as I'm sure I
will)
> I'll pay closer attention to those details.  All that said, I wouldn't
call
> it a "difficult" book to read, except for its length.  But "enjoyable"
> writing is what saves long books from becomming tasks.
>
> I know that Robert has contributed recently to the G-list.  But it's been
> about a week there without a peep.  Do they ever do group-reads?
>
> Ghetta
>

Not in that sense we use to know, at least I've seen none since 2001. There
has been some kind of an "Agapé Agape"-reading in late 2003.

I've read all his novels in German, only "Agapé Agape" in English, but I
immediately would buy "The Recognitions" or any other in original if they
did a reading.

"TO TELL THE TRUTH is to tell a lie, he persuades us. More importantly, he
suggests, to tell a lie is to tell a truth, if the listener knows how to
hear what isn't said. Within the words, between them, because of them, there
are complex implications. Nothing is simple because the simplest word in
context is bursting with possible meanings."
Joanna Scott - On William Gaddis
http://www.conjunctions.com/njaddit.htm

Out of the Gaddis-Group the "McElroy"-Group has emerged, which is even more
quiet. But honestly, I can hardly follow everything that's going on here at
the Pynchon-List.

Otto

> >From: kent mueller <artkm at execpc.com>
> >
> >Congratulations on starting The Recognitions -- I consider it the best
> >piece of fiction I've ever read, with JR a close second, followed
> >immediately by GR...
> >
> >I've also noted the Gaddis list has been really quiet lately.  I think
this
> >makes at least three P-listers on the Gaddis site as well, wonder how
many
> >more there are?
>




More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list