Franzen

[eburns at gmail.com]

I read Freedom + The Corrections when they came out. Perfectly readable mainstream "literature." But that is not how he's rated.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:24:07 
To: David Morris<fqmorris at gmail.com>
Cc: Erik T. Burns<eburns at gmail.com>; pynchon -l<pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: Franzen

Eeeh, I'm just trying to go in with an open mind. I find adversarial
reading useless. But it does seem as though I'll be reading with a
highlighter, as per request. I prefer a pencil.


On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:18 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think Mr. Burns is a bit harsh.  It's an interesting look into the lives
> of its main characters with more than competent story-telling.  But it is
> in no way groundbreaking.  I still enjoyed it.
>
> David Morris
>
>
> On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Erik T. Burns wrote:
>
>> When you find it, ask them also for a count of the word "overrated"
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2012, at 5:18 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Is anybody aware of a site similar to the liste for Franzen? I'm about
>> to give Freedom a chance and my sweetheart, who read the book a couple
>> years ago wants a count of the mentions of overpopulation in the text. I'm
>> inclined to think someone likely would already have done that from what
>> little I know of the book.
>> >
>> > --
>> > "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
>> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust
>> in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
>> groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
>> urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>>
>


-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds
the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in
reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant

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