Poor Sad Mexico

[rich]

i bailed pretty early on the savage detectives--its alot like the
first part of 2666. and yes, the murders in 2666 is just as
unrelenting, brutal, and sad as anything in the Kindly Ones. its not
easy reading that's for sure

rich

On 4/29/09, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> How does 2666 compare with The Savage Detectives?  I could only make it
> halfway through that book - it got tedious after a while.  I get the sense
> that the murder descriptions are the high point of 2666, but I'm not sure I
> could handle reading them.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Apr 29, 2009 10:42 AM
>>To: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
>>Cc: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Poor Sad Mexico
>>
>>Give it time.  The satire of lit-critters is obvious, but develops
>>some soul along the way toward its end.
>>
>>On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski
>><hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I just started reading it in English. Now on the page 60 or so and
>>> not very thrilled yet. The first part is so far a bit too lame to
>>> satirize lit-crit circles, and a bit too schematic to provide a
>>> fictional take on the dynamics of a multinational academic group.
>>>
>>> But I'm hopeful.
>>>
>>>
>>> Heikki
>>>
>>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, David Morris wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm nearing the end of 2666 now, and the voices and styles and
>>>> diversions are so numerous and very beautiful, and at the same time
>>>> very subtle.  It really is like nothing I've read before, and like you
>>>> say, sort of strange.  It's a little hard to put a finger on the
>>>> authors intent, like you say, even when one reaches the end of the
>>>> book.  I suspect this is one that I'll read again some day.
>>>>
>>>> David Morris
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:23 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > The various voices he writes 2666 in fit with this and are one of the
>>>> > best aspects of the novel - actually, it would be interesting to know
>>>> > if the English translation does justice to the original in this
>>>> > regard.
>>>>
>>>
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