Pynchonesque Rushdie

[Ya Sam]

I'm not alone, i knew it ;)

OK, but really what he did to 'Conservatoire des arts et metiers' in this 
book is fascinating. When I visited the place in Paris I was even a bit 
disappointed as the way Eco described it was much more impressive than the 
actual place, although as he himself wrote somewhere it has changed a lot 
since the 1980s. Moreover, some of the appeal of his books is unfortunately 
lost in translation as he enjoys playing with the language and occasionally 
uses different Italian dialects. He writes about this in his book 'Mouse or 
Rat?'






>From: "April Phillips" <apes1 at cox.net>
>To: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>, "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>CC: <hmusikar at speakeasy.net>, <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Pynchonesque Rushdie
>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:55:54 -0400
>
>I think Foucault's Pendulum is a fantastic book, even if the ending is a 
>bit clichéd.  While it is certainly plot-driven, the plot is at least 
>smart, and the theoretical undercurrent resonated a lot more than anything 
>connected with "The Plan."  I think that is exactly what Eco intended.
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>Cc: <hmusikar at speakeasy.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:57 AM
>Subject: Re: Pynchonesque Rushdie
>
>
>>I completely agree with Rushdie re. Foucault's Pendulum.  The beeks
>>was so overrated, promoted by people who thought Eco's "smartness"
>>meant that he's produced a work of high caliber.  Not so.  It was dull
>>and lifeless, as Rushdie points out.
>>
>>David Morris
>>
>>On 10/9/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>You won't beleive me but 'Foucault's Pendulum' was actually fun to me. If 
>>>even 'painful' sometimes. Eco has a peculiar sense of humour that might 
>>>have been lost on Rushdie altogether. As for 'gobbledygook', well, 
>>>Rushdie is full of it, all those India-specific words you need a glossary 
>>>to understand purposefully encumbered one upon another in his novels. 
>>>Finding out their meanings have been painful to me, and that was not as 
>>>rewarding as finding out Eco's allusions. And to demote such a serious 
>>>book as 'Foucault's Pendulum' to the rank of 'a computer game', that's 
>>>puerile to me. Rushdie, re-read the bloody book!!!
>>
>
>

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