Books

[malignd at aol.com]

A lot to quibble with here.  I wouldn't compare her to Delillo in terms of quality, nor do I think Delillo's as unstructured and plotless as you do.  Don't have the the energy to go into detail, plus we've both probably read all his stuff and simply disagree.



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From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
To: malignd <malignd at aol.com>
Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 9:39 am
Subject: Re: Books


Joy williams reminds me alot of Delillo--a master at the level of the
sentence but plots? structure? forget it. its all magic and dread
which is not all a bad thing either



On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:11 PM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
>
> About half way through Breaking and Entering.  She has great talent,
> sentence by sentence, very funny.  But I'm beginning to flag from lack of
> structure.  Where are you?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 11:20 am
> Subject: Books
>
> After finishing M & D a couple weeks ago, I decided to read some shorter
> stuff.
>
> The Quiet American by Graham Greene, I'm sure many of you have read. Saw the
> movie with Michael Caine and Tarzan (never
> can remember that guy's name) last year, and didn't realize it came from
> this book. Great read.
>
> The Long Fall by Walter Moseley. Detective fiction. Good page turner. I'll
> read more of his stuff.
>
> Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams. Anyone familiar with her? Kind of
> strange and dark, but good.
>
> Slowly reading a book of short stories by Hughes Rudd, because I don't want
> it to end. Really dark and twisted and excellent.
>
> Then some Borges and Hunter S. Thompson thrown in.
>
> Ascension by Eric Nisenson, about the music of John Coltrane.
>
> Next? Conrad, "The Secret Agent", Alison Lurie, Barbara
> Kingsolver....suggestions?
>
> --
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