Nobel favourite

[John Carvill]

Yeah, like JM Coetzee is really experimental.  

Pynchon mainstream? Jeez Louise!

My money's on either Roth or (they keep sayin') Bob Dylan.



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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
Behalf Of Paul Taylor
Sent: 07 October 2005 09:52
To: jbor at bigpond.com
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Nobel favourite

from http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=29389:

<<Thente [Swedish lit. crit.] said he would like to see "the great
American postmodernist authors Don DeLillo or Thomas Pynchon" take
home the prestigious award, but Weyler [Swed. chief. ed.] said he
didn't think they had a chance.
"They are great epic writers, but they are considered very mainstream.
They're not very experimental, pushing the boundaries of literature,"
he said. >>

Pynchon in the 'mainstream'.  Ouch.

--PT



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