MICHIKO KAKUTANI

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One wonders...Suppose he *did* edit 300 pages or more. We could have had a 
1500 page behemouth to read, savor, and push away from us out of sheer 
exhaustion. Enlightened exhaustion, but exhaustion nonetheless.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: "Page" <page at quesnelbc.com>
Cc: "Nushra MohamedKhan" <nushramkhan at gmail.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: MICHIKO KAKUTANI


> His choice, not mine.  But then he didn't make that choice, did he?
> Mark calls it "loose baggy" for a reason.  GR, for all its length
> wasn't loose at all, and I wonder if it might have had something to do
> with his editor relationship.  But GR, for all its length, is tightly
> focused.
>
> Any good artist knows when to destroy a canvas that isn't working.
> AGTD is a myriad of canvases, many of which would have been better
> kept out of print and in his files for future scholars to discuss.
> I've mentioned it before, but I think the Anarchist's Colony (though i
> think I now understand why it's in there) is one of those.  Just my
> opinion, but I'm not alone.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Page<page at quesnelbc.com> wrote:
>> Which 300 pages? If you are going to toss out the idea of reducing the 
>> book by 30%, you'd best have an idea of what you want to excise.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David Morris
>> To: Nushra MohamedKhan
>> I so agree with this. Pynchon needs a strong editor (BTW so could your 
>> posts, Nushra), and AGTD (I also like this phonetic "acronym") is the 
>> prime example of this need.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Nushra MohamedKhan 
>> <nushramkhan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> AGTD is great, but man could it be improved if he took out some 300-odd
>>> pages and squared it up took out a couple few stupid plot lines and a 
>>> couplefew dozen chanracters
>
>


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