Pynchons Problem

[Bekah]

And times change -  Updike and Mailer are dead.    Franzen,  Shteyngart (and Pynchon) aren't.   

Bekah


On Mar 11, 2012, at 6:27 PM, David Morris wrote:

> I hope you're joking.
> I think this reviewer is an ass.
> 
> On Sunday, March 11, 2012, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > here it is, my problem with Pynchon in essence from a description of a NYRB review of Houellbec's new novel
> >
> > "Postwar novelists—Updike, Mailer—were male triumphalists. Their successors—Franzen, Shteyngart—have overcorrected. They want women to like them. Their men are losers."
> > that's what's happened to Pynchon, too
> >
> > rich
> >