Female Pynchons?

[Ya Sam]

Marisha Pessl's debut novel has been castigated, chastised, flogged  etc. in 
many reviews. But I doubt that Silverblatt will be that cruel to her. 
Anyway, on October 26 she will have the chance to defend her brainchild.

http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw061026marisha_pessl

"While Marisha Pessl's first novel has a bright and witty narrative voice, 
it has mysterious depths and a hidden Nabokovian counterstructure. We 
explore the author's ambitions and her decision to keep the book's secrets 
well-hidden."



>From: "Anville Azote" <anville.azote at gmail.com>
>To: "Paul Di Filippo" <pgdf at earthlink.net>
>CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Female Pynchons?
>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 12:45:47 -0400
>
>On 10/8/06, Paul Di Filippo <pgdf at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>Deadly chick lit virus claims another victim
>>                 by Luke O'Neil
>>                 Issue 8.40
>>                 Wed, October 04, 2006
>>
>
>Wasn't it William S. Burroughs who said, "Chick lit is a virus from
>outer space?"
>
>:-/
>
>>But even more problematic, the book is thick on the page with
>>incongruous literary allusions, cinematic cross-references and set
>>pieces culled from famous works of art. These are devices that sound
>>intriguing in theory, but Pessl flubs it. The protagonist's every
>>thought is cluttered with so much highbrow meandering, it becomes
>>impossible to spot the line where genuine emotion blends into
>>meta-ironic, extra-literary horseshit. The anorexic plot is incapable
>>of bearing the weight of its ambitions. Pessl spends at least a quarter
>>of her sentences on puffed-up would-be dazzling metaphors that stink up
>>the room. She simply can't get out of the way of her own wagging
>>tongue. Another quarter of her text is wasted on faux-academic
>>journalistic cross-referencing:
>>
>
>"Lolita" done wrong, more or less?
>
>-A. A.

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