Misfits

[Mark Kohut]

Yes, Thanks Kai.
 
Very Misc. I know at least one initially-skeptical plist reader of The Kindly Ones came
back on line to second my speculative judgment that in sea-changed but visible ways
that novel showed Pynchon influence. 
 
Further, out-of-my-butt airy speculation, is that Pynchon may have read his father's 
spy novels, as Pynchon we know did read LeCarre at least. Elder Littell burst into
some public awarness (and saless in America) with his The Defection of L.J. LeWinter
[I think it is], a novel compared all over the repititous reviewing world as "worthy of 
Le Carre"......I actually have a copy in boxes somewhere, never read (yet)......
A smart courageous publisher has broiught most/all of Littell's novels back into print 
in the oughts....(all they need to do is make a movie of one ala Tinker, Tailor and 
he's culturally alive again...............
 
Anyway, another part of my Pynchon fantasy life---see Pirate---is that the Littells
--elder especially, are part of TRP's secret friends....penpals at least............
which helped the younger discover TRP's works.
 
So, back to reality y'all....

From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de> 
Cc: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>; P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Misfits


thanks, Kai

Rich

p.s. fwiw, Littell has also written some really good essays reporting on Sudan and Chechnya. well worth reading, too

http://www.lrb.co.uk/search?q=jonathan+littell&contributor=Littell,+Jonathan

(subscription required alas)


	* Infisal! Infisal! Infisal!
Jonathan Littell: A Journey in South Sudan [30 June 2011] 
“They’ll never pull it off, people said. Too little time, too little money, obstruction from the North … The April 2010 elections – both presidential and local – had gone . . .”
	* Chechnya, Year III
Jonathan Littell: Ramzan Kadyrov [19 November 2009] 
“Since Ramzan Kadyrov, the young president of Chechnya, is, as everyone knows, ‘the greatest builder in the world’, it’s a happy chance that has the visitor from abroad ar . . .”


On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:


>Haven't checked out "Die Wohlgesinnten" yet, but your review is certainly worth reading:
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>http://www.oomska.co.uk/the-kindly-ones/
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>In one of the editions - is it the French one? - Aue, or so I read, bites off the Führer's nose.
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>A synopsis of the German debate, which also provides the names of the novel's non-fictional characters, you can find here:
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>http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Wohlgesinnten
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>On 12.01.2012 15:45, rich wrote:
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>I admit to being quite impressed by the Kindly Ones; even wrote a review of it. I think its worth reading. 
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>>rich
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>>On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>see, the thing is that those narratives are so compelling that I may
>>>not be able to resist.
>>>I've read a sheaf of The Kindly Ones for instance, and I have no
>>>trouble admitting his basic premise which is that I could very well
>>>have done the things he did...
>>>I had meant to have it read in toto by the end of 2011, but the real
>>>life you are reluctant to share (and although I have less reluctance
>>>about that, I have no statement at present) made non-negotiable
>>>demands.  I plan to post loquaciously on it eventually, though...
>>>
>>
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