Seven Types of Ambiguity

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 17:48 +0000, Ghetta Life wrote:
> Here's a blurb on it that I just found"
> 
> "This is a brilliant book, written in the unadorned style of a Raymond 
> Carver, but with the wild metaphysical vision of a Thomas Pynchon. It is 
> that most unusual thing  a novel that is both intellectually fun and 
> spiritually harrowing." Baltimore Sun

I guess I can see that. The author impresses as having a Pynchon-like
range of expertizes to call upon, not excluding literary theory. A
number of occupationally quite diverse people narrate the story, each
appearing to be fully qualified in his or her field of endeavor. Come to
think, it could be a novel about WORK. Terrance! But a slightly
disquieting feature of the story is the seeming emotional immaturity of
the main character--despite a stupendous IQ. He's a poet and self
proclaimed expert on university English departments. Who should or
shouldn't have control over them. 

I'm not saying the book is filled with an over abundance of literary
disquisition. Except on rare occasion it's not. It's over 600 pages,
however.
  
> 
> >From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> >
> >Is anyone else reading Elliot Perlman's novel Seven Types of Ambiguity? I'm 
> >two thirds the way though it, enjoying the writing a lot, and wondering 
> >where the hell it's all going. Explicit and implicit (I guess) references 
> >to the famous literary essay are dropped here and there. So far the 
> >protagonist is very down on deconstruction, Derrida, and post-modernism. 
> >However he also seems fairly insane, so anything may still happen.
> 
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