Letters of William Gaddis
Monte Davis
montedavis at verizon.net
Fri Feb 8 09:20:09 CST 2013
"...Pynchon (whom I’ve never met, despite the many critical claims to similarity in our work..."
Well, he *would* say that, wouldn't he?
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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Dave Monroe
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:08 PM
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Subject: Letters of William Gaddis
Letters of William Gaddis
http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/book/?GCOI=15647100244880
"Thanks for your letter of the 30th September with its news—news to me—that Graa Boomsma not only visited us on Long Isld but that he met Thomas Pynchon here! He had written me of his trip to the US hoping we might meet, but there was some confusion & it never came about, surely not out here, most surely not Pynchon (whom I’ve never met, despite the many critical claims to similarity in our work: I see us both classed paranoid & conspiratorial but who, aside from James Michner, is not?). And so I would very much appreciate it when you’ve got the time if you might send me a copy of his piece with a translation. Most curious."
http://conversationalreading.com/ten-memorable-quotes-from-william-gaddis-letters/
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