Contemporary Fiction

[jd]

Definitely The Recognitions.  I have a constant debate in my mind as
to whether The Recognitions or GR should truly be considered the best
of the last half of the 20th century.

To make an admission, I've not yet gotten through JR.  For some reason
he always loses me within the first 50 pages but maybe I've just been
trying to rush it.  Many seem to hold it in higher esteem than The
Recognitions.  It's something about the way the settings change / when
people enter / leave the room, etc.  I didn't have the same problem
with Frolic of His Own in the least.

On 9/14/06, the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org> wrote:
>
> Geez! Of Course!  and here I am staring at _R_ every evening.
> _JR_? I need to read it again.
>
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Dustin Iler wrote:
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> > 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)
> > >
> > >
> > >On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Ya Sam wrote:
> > >
> > > > >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
> >
> >
> >
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