Capote attacking Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

On Aug 22, 2006, at 8:43 AM, robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

> Phillip Seymore Hoffman's twin sister.

As children the two were neighbors to and played with  Harper Lee the  
latter recalls fondly.

I first heard of Capote when his very young, almost toy-like,  
likeness graced the cover of Life magazine in the early post-war era.

The article within featured three young authors, Capote, Gore Vidal,  
and Calder Willingham, all of whom were showing considerable promise.



>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>
>> Who is Capote?
>>
>> 2006/8/22, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>:
>>> The usual mantra: sorry if it has been posted before.
>>>
>>> I was just browsing the Spanish internet for some noteworthy info  
>>> on Pynchon
>>> and came across a curious review of Gravity's Rainbow SORRY! El  
>>> arco iris de
>>> gravedad, of course, running at 1148 paginas. Anyway, the review  
>>> by Rodrigo
>>> Fresan, also a writer, was interesting due to his reference to  
>>> Truman
>>> Capote's negative comment on GR of which I hadn't heard before. I  
>>> wonder if
>>> it's possible to find the original somewhere. I haven't read  
>>> anything by
>>> Capote, but he's fallen in my eyes! Here is the comment and my  
>>> clumsy
>>> backtranslation:
>>>
>>> 'Sí, soy una de las pocas personas en el mundo que ha leído esa  
>>> cosa desde
>>> la primera hasta la última página; Pynchon es un escritor  
>>> repugnante'
>>>
>>> 'Yes, I am one of the few people in the world who has read that  
>>> thing from
>>> the first page to the last; Pynchon is a repugnant writer.'
>>>
>>> http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/libros/ 
>>> 10-745-2003-09-27.html
>>>
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