Pynchon as a character in a Spanish novel

[Ya Sam]

It seems that one of the characters in the novel by another pynched writer 
Eduardo Lago called  Llamame Brooklyn (Call Me Brooklyn) is Pynchon himself. 
The novel by the way won a prestigious literary award.

"A series of unusual and unforgettable characters parade through the pages, 
from the clients of the Oakland who are trapped in a rather fatal destiny to 
Russian music student Nadia Orlov, the object of Ackerman’s obsession and 
the only reader he wants for his novel. Llámame Brooklyn also pays homage to 
real-life artists like painter Mark Rothko and writers Felipe Alfau and 
Thomas Pynchon. Lago talked to Críticas about the art of writing, being a 
foreigner in New York, and his nostalgia for a long-gone Brooklyn."

http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6322850.html

"Llámame Brooklyn is a story about love, friendship and loneliness, as well 
as a textual voyage. From Coney Island to the ruins of a small village in 
Toscana (Italy), where Bocaccio lived his last days. From secret tunnels in 
which we find the most forgotten inhabitants of Manhattan to the studio 
where the painter Mark Rothko put an end to his life, to the jazz clubs 
frequently visited by Thomas Pynchon and to a bar in Madrid where we will 
learn the truth about the narrator's past. This novel is a chant to mystery 
and to the power of the written word."

http://blog.yam.com/grayhawk/archives/1244866.html

In the novel appear real figures who are very important for their time, such 
as painter Mart Rothko or the writer Thomas Pynchon, and some big shots of 
culture with slightly veiled names like Harry Blum (almost sure: Harold 
Bloom, author of The Western Canon")

En la novela aparecen figuras reales y muy importantes de su tiempo, como el 
pintor Mart Rothko o el escritor Thomas Pynchon , y algunos santones de la 
cultura con el nombre un poco maquillado, como Harry Blum (casi seguro: 
Harold Bloom , autor de El canon occidental ).

http://www.lasprovincias.es/alicante/pg060301/prensa/noticias/Ocio/200603/01/VAL-OCI-230.html

As he himself says:

Although I do not consider him my literary father because of his difficulty 
in 'Call me Brooklyn' Pynchon is an important presence. Since I couldn't do 
with him anything else I absorbed him and converted him into a character in 
order to laugh at literary critics.

Aunque no lo considero un padre literario por su dificultad, en Llámame 
Brooklyn hay una presencia importante de Thomas Pynchon. Como no puedo hacer 
otra cosa con él, lo fagocito y lo convierto en personaje para reírme de los 
críticos literarios.

http://www.diariomalagahoy.com/diariomalagahoy/articulo.asp?idart=2462158&idcat=2841

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