re doorstoppers

[Simon Bryquer]

Speaking of 'Doorstoppers' made me think of the German author Jacob 
Wassermann who published in the first two decades of the XXth century and 
all his books were at the top of the list of  books banned by Hitler. Two of 
my favorites, while attending university, were:

The World's Illusion  (German title 'Christian Wahnschaffe')

The Maurizius Case

Big books covering an immense  landscape, especially 'The World's Illusion'. 
Reminiscent  of Musil's 'The Man Without Qualities' -- but Wassermann came 
first.

Simon Bryquer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
To: <markekohut at yahoo.com>
Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: re doorstoppers


> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> BIG DOORSTOPPERS that NO ONE (almost; maybe) reads anymore?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels