Contemporary Fiction

[Ya Sam]

Another thought on contemporary literature that harks back to some previous 
discussion on the p-list. When talking about 'contemporary literature', for 
the most part the names of American writers are mentioned. Those are 
followed by the British writers and those translated into English. I don't 
think I will make a great discovery if I tell you that there is a whole 
literary universe outside the English language. There are great works 
(offhand: 'Saga/Fuga de J.B. by Torrente Ballester, 'Zettels Traum' by Arno 
Schmidt) that have not been translated into English. So I guess the more 
reading languages one possesses, the more optimistic he or she should be 
about the contemporary literary process.


>From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>To: monropolitan at yahoo.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: RE: Contemporary Fiction
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:49:09 +0300
>
>'Gargantua and Pantagruel' is definitely worth re-reading, especially if 
>you happen to have read Bakhtin's study 'Rabelais and his World'. What I am 
>drawing attention to is that 'Gargnatua..' was as gimmicky and 
>uncomfortable book at the time as The House of Leaves is now. I am not 
>putting them on the same level, God forbid! But once you've re-read 
>Rabelais's book, I would recommend you to read House of Leaves.
>
>
>>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>>To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: RE: Contemporary Fiction
>>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:40:38 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>Okay, House of Leaves, then.  But I've also really
>>wanted to reread Gargantua and Pantagruel, so ...
>>
>>--- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > It is a novel of excess, no doubt about that, but
>> > Rabelais' ouevre is one hell of excess as well....
>>
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