Pynchon and Wallace

Thomas Beshear tbeshear at insightbb.com
Fri Apr 15 14:27:51 CDT 2011


Here's that link, a glowing review by Tom McCarthy that will appear in the 
Sunday book review:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/books/review/book-review-the-pale-king-by-david-foster-wallace.html?ref=books

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:01 PM
Subject: Pynchon and Wallace


> Because of the way my computer is set up I can't conveniently provide a 
> link,  but the NY Times today has an interesting Pynchon mention.
>
> Review of Wallace's The Pale King.
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> Compares it with GR.
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> The way historic periods are projected into the present.
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> In Wallace's case the 80s into the present.
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> With GR it was the 40s into the 70s.
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> P 




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