Pynchon Mention

[David Morris]

http://conversationalreading.com/norman-rushs-next-novel

Norman Rush’s Next Novel

Norman Rush is the kind of author to make fans lust after every last
sliver of detail about a new novel: like Thomas Pynchon, he combines
incredible talent with such lag time between books that every one
seems like an event. To wit: The Millions offered a tiny bit of
hearsay about a new Rush novel, and I clicked right over.

For what it’s worth, I’ll send people back to my interview with Rush,
conducted in the summer of 2007, where he divulged some info,
partially confirming the Millions bit and partially contradicting it:

SE: Lastly, I’m sure that a lot of people who will read this are
Norman Rush fans who could use another book from you. However, your
books have been pretty spaced out: Whites was published in 1987,
Mating in 1991, and Mortals in 2005. Are you working on anything now,
and do we have any hope of getting a new novel from you anytime soon?

NR: I’m working on a new novel, tentatively titled Subtle Bodies. My
editor isn’t crazy about that title. I keep saying I’ll be finished in
six months. At some point, I’ll be right. It sort of goes like this:
Mating is about courtship; Mortals is about marriage; Subtle Bodies is
about friendship. Subtle Bodies is set in the Catskills on the eve of
the invasion of Iraq.