what to read next that isn't pynchon

[braam van bruggen]

I liked those first two the most, and "Waiting for the Barbarians"
They had an immediacy, a vividness, that I thought his later, more
introspective work lacked. In fact, I read "Elizabeth Costello" twice
because it did so little for me that I completely forgot that I had
read it already, and grew more and more annoyed as it became 
increasingly familiar. It's probably early onset dementia.

Braam

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Bryan" <lebryan at speakeasy.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: what to read next that isn't pynchon


> 
> What about a shorter book, perhaps one of Coetzee's little gems? I  
> just bought "Slow Man", but any of the others would be fine. Given the  
> literary level of the list, a reading of "The Master of Petersburg"  
> might be interesting or we could read one of his early novels and one  
> of his latest as a comparison of changing style and politics. No, I am  
> not writing a paper on Coetzee and looking for help. <smile> I haven't  
> read either of his first two, "Dusklands"  or "In the Heart of the  
> Country".
> 
> Lawrence
> 
>