Contemporary Fiction

[Dustin Iler]

The Recognitions and JR by Gaddis.


>From: the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Contemporary Fiction
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:53:24 -0700 (PDT)
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>
>On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Ya Sam wrote:
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> > >In terms of his whole oeuvre, I'd say you're correct.  But I'd say GR
> > >reached their level.  For me, the jury's had its say there.
> > >
> > >--
> > >David Morris
> >
> > I agree. GR is the greatest novel of the 2nd half of the 20th century 
>and
> > one of the greatest novels of the whole century. Full stop. What other 
>novel
> > of the 2nd half could be equalled with it? The century is over, and we 
>can
> > make judgements. AtD belongs to the 21st.
>
>
>_One Hundred Years of Solitude_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez jumps to mind
>(67?)  Other than that... um