Il Giornale on Pynchon

[Ya Sam]

Two Pynchon features in this Italian magazine.

One is an article on P himself


http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=147619&START=0


Another is a rather long review of AtD, called 'Existence in the Baloon'

http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=147618&START=0

I will say more on the review tomorrow, but for now here is the translation 
of one curious passage from the first article (a very strange choice of 
images I should say):

He [Pynchon] visits solely his colleague and coeval Don DeLillo. [...] (how 
does the author know?)
He is a man of dumps, his stories are fed by the refuse of the literary 
society. He is  a vagabond of the great depression who rummages in the 
waste. Pynchon collects articles of scientific journals, military bulletins, 
ignored correspondence, medical prescriptions, screenplays rejected by 
Hollywood, forgotten play scripts, scraps of ancient legends and old 
magazine cuttings. And from that is born the charm of Lot 49, GR and M&D.

Frequenta solo il suo collega e coetaneo Don De Lillo. [...]
Lui è l’uomo delle discariche, le sue storie si alimentano con gli scarti 
della società delle lettere. È il vagabondo della grande depressione che 
scava tra i rifiuti. Pynchon colleziona articoli di riviste scientifiche, 
bollettini militari, corrispondenza inevasa, ricette mediche, sceneggiature 
rifiutate da Hollywood, copioni teatrali dimenticati, rimasugli di antiche 
leggende e vecchi stralci di giornale. È da qui che nasce il fascino di 
L’incanto del Lotto 49, dell’Arcobaleno della gravità o di Mason&Dixon.


All mistakes in translation are mine.

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