NP Vollmann's / external referents (hyperlinks)

[Ya Sam]

I haven't read anything by Vollmann either. I have two books right now, the 
earliest (YBARA) and the latest (EC). I think I'll give him a try. I am put 
off a little by his productivity, however, as literature is not the area in 
which quantity transforms into quality, Joyce and Pynchon are the first to 
come to my mind in this respect. They easily could have produced scores of 
not-so-bad novels. Luckily for us they didn't.

Y.

>From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>To: "Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>CC: jd <wescac at gmail.com>,        "mikebailey at speakeasy.net" 
><mikebailey at speakeasy.net>,        pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: NP Vollmann's / external referents (hyperlinks)
>Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:47:15 -0400
>
>Hi--
>
>Gass has written more essays than fiction I think but you may want to try
>the shorter earlier novels before tackling his opus The Tunnel
>
>I got thru the earlier seven dreams books that vollman wrote--the rifles;
>fathers and crows; still have argall to read; the ice shirt wasn't bad come
>to think of it. for all its faults I think these books are what vollman 
>will
>be remembered by--i think of them as fact-ion
>
>rich
>
>
>On 7/7/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>Having never read Vollmann (even though I carried a
>>copy of You Bright and Risen Angels crosscountry
>>earlier this year as a gift for someone who already
>>had the Pynchon novels), where should I start?  With
>>YBARA, I'm presuming, but ... also, Gass.
>>Interestingly, I by and large had to hear about those
>>guys here.  Whereas Barth and DeLillo and Barthelme
>>and even McElroy come up often enough to constantly in
>>the ol' critical apparatus ...
>>
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