Sot-Weed

[David Morris]

I'm a latter reader of Giles. I was dumbfounded by my not being moved, or
even mused much.
This does not make me likely to go for the auible...

On Saturday, February 4, 2012, Krafft, John M. <krafftjm at muohio.edu> wrote:
> I should probably stay out of this: why dis other peple's idea of fun?
But ...
>
> Way back when I was just getting into Pynchon, the big guys claimed Barth
was the real thing, an intellectual('s) novelist, unlike Pynchon. I found
Barth intriguing, challenging, often funny, but often smug and tedious.
(Can anybody read Goat-Boy these days? Maybe: I admit I haven't since 1973
and don't intend to.) When M&D came out, several reviewers complained that
we didn't need Pynchon's go at something Barth had done better a generation
earlier. So I reread (even taught!) Sot-Weed, and was ... disappointed. How
could I ever have found all those fart jokes and rape jokes amusing? I
still occasionally think about possibly doing something with Letters
someday, but maybe it won't reread well either.
>
> John
>
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