Pynchon Cute?

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Pynchon's books are so multi-layered and complex, he can afford to be cute.  Murakami's less complex than Pynchon or even Mark's famous 15-layer lasagna, so the cuteness stands out too much.  WIndup gave me the impression that Murakami was struggling to come up with cute, whimsical ideas (gratuitously attached to the historical flashback), without any real underlying vision.  But hell, I couldn't get through Harry Potter or 100 Years of Solitude, so I'm not the best audience for his work.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Henry Musikar <scuffling at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 1, 2009 1:42 PM
>To: 'Pynchon Liste' <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Pynchon Cute?
>
>I once had a girlfriend who loved Pynchon and who hated it when I called her cute.  Isn't Pynchon often enough... cute?
>
>Henry Mu
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Laura
>Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:39 AM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Murakami's 1Q84 is a Heavyweight - The Millions
>
>I read The Windup Bird Chronicles and thought it was cute.  I hate cute.
>
>Laura
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: David Morris
>
>>I have read Murakami's _Kafka on the Shore_ and _Wind-Up Bird
>>Chronicles_, and I think both are way over-rated.  Lot's of
>>magic/mysticism that is pointless and dead-ending and trite
>>resolutions to extended mysteries.  Count me out.
>>
>>David Morris
>>
>>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Paul Di Filippo:
>>> http://www.themillions.com/2009/05/murakamis-1q84-is-heavyweight.html 
>>>
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