Tom and Harry

[Keith Davis]

What do you expect fro a book review of "Hairy Peter"? Oops, that was almost
immoral...

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com>wrote:

> "kind of" unsatisfying is a qualifier right out of Wallace. Pynchon,
> Delillo and DFW lacking a thread of morality? Really?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 9:41 AM
> Subject: Re: Tom and Harry
>
>
>
>  On 8/22/2011 6:20 AM, Henry M wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.cornellsun.com/**section/arts/content/2011/08/**
>>> 22/potter-ends-remarkable-high<http://www.cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2011/08/22/potter-ends-remarkable-high>
>>>
>>> Is this is the kind of claptrack that passes for thoughtful writing at
>>> Cornell these days?
>>>
>>> "Lucky for me, we inhabit a post-modern moment that offers a variety
>>> of literature to reflect our confusion. Try pulling a thread of
>>> morality out of Pynchon, Delillo or Foster Wallace and you’ll surely
>>> see why. As a reader of contemporary American literature, I can’t help
>>> but notice that not only is morality out of style, but so are dramatic
>>> conclusions and linear structure. All of these structures seem overly
>>> romantic and most authors employ them only ironically. In an attempt
>>> to mirror real life, 21st century literature is incomplete, erratic
>>> and kind of unsatisfying."
>>>
>>
>> I guess the author is undecided about what he really wants.
>>
>> "Lucky for me" is sort of ironic, but so is "kind of unsatisfying."
>>
>> P
>>
>>>
>>> AsB4,
>>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>> Henry Mu
>>> http://astore.amazon.com/**tdcoccamsaxe-20<http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20>
>>>
>>>
>>
>


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