what to read next that isn't pynchon

[grladams at teleport.com]

Coetzee, yeah, I am ashamed to say I haven't read any of his works yet and
would welcome that idea 

Original Message:
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From: Lawrence Bryan lebryan at speakeasy.net
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:22:15 -0700
To: braam.vanbruggen at bigpond.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: what to read next that isn't pynchon



Hmmmm.... Is that three votes for Coetzee??? <smile>

Lawrence

On Aug 2, 2008, at 3:31 PM, braam van bruggen wrote:

> 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
>>
>


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