Pynchon List Group Reads of non-Pynchon Books

[Emma Wrigley]

I've not read that one, but I have a Change of skin and CHristopher
Unborn on my pile of to-do's. Maybe I should be more selective.
I wish I could read in the original, alas not one of my fortes. (along
with typing as you can see.)
Emma
<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: rich [richard.romeo at gmail.com]
>Sent: 11/5/2010 7:16:52 PM
>To: ecwrigley at excite.co.uk
>Cc: athunley at gmail.com;scuffling at gmail.com;pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Pynchon List Group Reads of non-Pynchon Books
>
>p.s. I still think Terra Nostra is _the_ great Latin/Spanish American
novel
>
>and Fernando del Paso is way more interesting than anything Bolano has
>done, IMHO
>
>rich
>
>On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:06 PM, rich wrote:
>> I liked the middle--the beginning and ending parts were terrible.
>>
>> rich
>>
>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Emma Wrigley wrote:
>>> If I had more time I'd write a lengthy mail about why and how I
agree so
>>> much with you Alex; as it is I do agree. Entirely.
>>>
>>> blah blah blah
>>>
>>> Emma
>>> <-----Original Message----->
>>>>From: Alex Hunley [athunley at gmail.com]
>>>>Sent: 11/5/2010 5:12:57 PM
>>>>To: scuffling at gmail.com
>>>>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>>>Subject: Re: Pynchon List Group Reads of non-Pynchon Books
>>>>
>>>>I have to vote Nay on Bolano. I read Savage Dicks and 2666, and am
really
>>>> at
>>>>a loss as to why this guy is hogging so much literary spotlight
these last
>>>>couple of years. I thought both books were grindingly boring for the
most
>>>>part and, though there were a few interesting parts, they have not
>>>> resonated
>>>>at all in the time since I read them. On top of that, the
"Pynchon-esque"
>>>>and "Pynchonian" adjectives that I keep seeing thrown at these books
is
>>>>utterly baffling. Could somebody please explain what Mr. Bolano's
>>>> similarity
>>>>to OBA is, because I must be missing it?
>>>>
>>>>This is just my opinion though, et cetera and blah blah blah.
>>>>
>>>>Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Henry M wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Whadya think, Bolano Boys (and Gals): is 2666 worth a group read?
>>>>I'm interested in it, but I'm still unsure of how much I'll actually
>>>>enjoy reading it.
>>>>
>>>>AsB4,
>>>>
>>>>Henry Mu
>>>>http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Aarnoud Rommens
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Roberto Bolano, 2666?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2010-05-11, at 10:37 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 11, 2010, at 7:31 AM, Carvill, John wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> . . . Maybe a group-read of Augie March would be a bit too heavy
for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>list to wade through, but we could surely have a good run at Herzog.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Catch-22 comes to mind.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
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