Pynchon's endings

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Mar 8 13:39:59 CST 2007


On 3/8/07, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Daniel Harper asked:
>
> >Would most of you agree that Rainbow is the best of the best? As I said before, I'm intentionally saving it for last for that very reason.
>
> For my money, however, GR is head and shoulders above Pynchon's other novels (which are head and shoulders above most other novels).

I completely agree.  It is also his most difficult novel and requires
more than one reading to digest. But as difficult as it is to
synthesize into coherency, it is as the same time an extremely FUN
read.  At the end you may be scratching your head, but you'll be awed,
and vow to read it again.  Even now, after having read it five times,
the passages posted to this list make me want another go at it

It is Pynchon's stand-alone masterpiece.

David Morris



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