Helen DeWitt mention

[Ya Sam]

On the list of American female writers yes. However there is a shortage on 
the list of the British ones not to mention the Canadian female writers.


>From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Helen DeWitt mention
>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:49:49 -0400
>
>I never read Nicole Krauss, but shouldn't she be on the list of female
>writers?
>
>http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2006/10/ifoa_nicole_kra.php
>
>excerpt:
>
>In many interviews you've talked about your broad range of influences,
>Rilke, Borges, Brodsky, etc. Are there any younger writers that you've
>been impressed with or who may have even had an influence on your work?
>I recently discovered a young German writer that I like a lot, Jenny
>Erpenbeck. I liked Helen DeWitt's book, The Last Samurai, enormously.
>There's Roberto Bolano, who died a few years ago at the youngish age of
>fifty--he's had a strong influence on me during the last few years,
>although like all great writers he is inimitable.

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