1Q84

[Mark Kohut]

For the record, which sez something laughable at about me, I do not think his richness is
as rich as TRP's---or a few other writers I know---and, his weakness is sentimentality--
maybe ultimately---which may be my word for what other readers to whom he falls short,
means, dunno. 


From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>; P-list List <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: 1Q84


i found it page-turning and full of thematic richness. The overarching question to me is
the historical one: what does the alternative 1984 mean? to the present vs. the Present.
Very Iceland Spar-like to me, that is, how different is the historical light? What does it show? 

From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
To: P-list List <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: 1Q84

Appreciate hearing other feedback. Inclined to agree with both comments. This was my first Murakami book. I actually tend to read about 2/3rds non-fiction.  
On Feb 29, 2012, at 10:01 PM, John Bailey wrote:

> I only finished it on Monday, and given I quite enjoy Murakami it says something that I took like two months to get through this. It's way too long and should have been cut by a third. There's so much going on that gets lost because you're just wading through the irrelevant bits.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hinting @ But never getting anywhere.  That's a perfect description of my experience with this author.
> 
> David Morris
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