Someone who hates Pynchon (because of his 'corrupted pride') and we fans.

[Natália Portinari]

This isn't a ten-year-old trying to read Joyce, it's just another
intellectualoid teenager trying to prove his opinion is worth noticing. Some
people just aren't worth the trouble, sorry.

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:53 PM, alice wellintown <
alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I mean, exactly, is that a reader's initial response to a work of
> literature is often a request for help or an attempt to improve the
> initial read by discussing it with others. To reject the response is
> foolish, for the reader may get frustrated and stop reading a
> particular author we think worth reading, or even, give up reading
> fiction. So, as lovers of literature, we should welcome dialogue even
> if it begins with what at first appears to be a trite or glib
> rejection of a work we are convinced has merit.
>
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Natália Portinari <nmaranca at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > What do you mean, exactly?
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM, alice wellintown
> > <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hah, I don't think a person who criticizes a book by saying it's
> >> >> "stupid
> >> >> and boring" deserves my annoyance, anyway.
> >> >>
> >>
> >> stupid and boring is what most great readers and writers say about
> >> lots of books they read or try to read what they've been told is great
> >> literature. yup, the wasteland is stupid and boring and so is crime
> >> and punishment. this often means the reader is a bit young for the
> >> vocabulary, syntax, allussions, style, of the text they are trying to
> >> dig but can't. it is important to encourage them, cause this is the
> >> point when many, more males than females btw, give up reading stupid
> >> and boring books that we all think are beautiful and important or
> >> worth spending hours with.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Natália Maranca
> >
>



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Natália Maranca
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