Nobel Consideration (was Re: Ideal and idealistic)

[jd]

Yeah, right?  Jeez, what's an author gotta do to be outta the
mainstream?  But then again, if DeLillo won...  eesh.

On 8/2/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> They are great epic writers, but they are considered
> very mainstream. They're not very experimental,
> pushing the boundaries of literature," he said.
>
> Pynchon is "mainstream"!  And VS Naipaul is off-the-wall, avant-guarde,
> experimental trailblazer...
>
>
> >From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> >To: MalignD at aol.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: Nobel Consideration (was Re: Ideal and idealistic)
> >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:11:28 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >American writers whose names have surfaced from time
> >to time are Joyce Carol Oates and Thomas Pynchon.
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/01/11/home/28957.html
> >
> >Americans John Updike, Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth,
> >and Joyce Carol Oates as well as Mario Vargas Llosa of
> >Peru, Mexico's Carlos Fuentes, Guenter Grass of
> >Germany and Belgian Hugo Claus, have all been
> >mentioned as possible winners.
> >
> >http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9909/29/nobel.prize/index.html
> >
> >Dutch-language authors Cees Nooteboom and Hugo Claus
> >have long been mentioned as possible laureates, as has
> >Peruvian writer Mario Varga Llosa.
> >
> >But Weyler suggested they had probably been taken off
> >the short list.
> >
> >"Their names have been mentioned for so long and
> >they've never won, so the Academy has probably been
> >unable to reach unanimity and dropped their names," he
> >said.
> >
> >Thente said he would like to see "the great American
> >postmodernist authors Don DeLillo or Thomas Pynchon"
> >take home the prestigious award, but Weyler 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.
> >
> >http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=29389
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- MalignD at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > I honestly doubt he's on their radar.  I'd find it a
> > > pleasant surprise to be wrong.
> > >
> > > In English-writing North America, I'd place him (in
> > > their eyes) as behind Updike and Alice Munro,
> > > certainly behind Roth.
> >
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