Catching up...

[rich]

Generally, that's true in DeLillo's books but Libra is the least "affected"
in that sense. Oswald's depiction is quite human--he's creepy, but I believe
DeLillo is able to take a nobody, a cypher, and project him onto the average
American psyche, feelings of inadequacy, persecution, rage, naivete, etc.

p.s. Libra also includes a truer portrait of Oswald's mother--a very damaged
soul but hard not to sympathize
Rich

On 8/24/06, April Phillips <apes1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> I'm so glad to hear you say that about DeLillo's characters.  "Affected"
> is
> the best description I can think of.  I agree that he is a master at the
> craft of prose, but craft alone can only go so far.  Readers must be able
> to
> care about, and believe in, the characters.  I think his books belong in
> the
> category of "literature you have to pretend to enjoy to keep your
> membership
> in the Dateless Intellectuals club."
>
> I used to think Ulysses fit into that category as well, but as of recent
> discourse, I've learned that I need merely spend more time in Dublin pubs
> to
> understand the characters behind the masterful prose.  Actually, I always
> suspected that was the case.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Great Quail" <quail at libyrinth.com>
> To: "The Whole Sick Crew" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:02 PM
> Subject: Catching up...
>
>
> > Sex, drugs and rock and roll... Isn't that just an update on "Wine,
> women,
> > and song?"
> >
> > The guys who made the "Journey into the mind of p." film were Germans of
> > Italian descent.
> >
> > Not that I would argue with Bloom's quartet, but I cannot stand DeLillo.
> I
> > think his sentences are wonderfully constructed and such, but I hate
> every
> > one of his characters. I have tried and tried to read his books, but I
> > always get so frustrated at the way his characters speak, it's just so
> > affected and annoying....
> >
> > --Quail
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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