If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth, and Vollmann, I might like ...

[Keith Davis]

Seems to me that McElroy is intent on breaking up the rhythm of the
language, which makes you hear it in a different way. Maybe that's what all
serious writing strives for. In music, it makes me think of Andrew Hill,
for one. There is time, but not obviously stated, and maybe only implied.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:34 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Miss Macintosh is a book to dip into every once in a while--it's not a
> book to read in one go--a long fever dream of weird asides. good to have
> handy by the bedside table if youre sick, have insomnia or are depressed
> (or all three)
>
> I respect McElroy but his verbal tics drive me crazy. gave up reading him
> a while ago
>
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net> wrote:
>
>> **
>> McElroy published a volume of short stories a few years ago -- Night Soul
>> and Other Stories -- it's pretty good.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
>> *To:* David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* malignd at aol.com ; pynchon-l at waste.org
>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:14 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth,
>> and Vollmann, I might like ...
>>
>> Lookout Cartridge was great. Challenging reading. I'm reading DeLillo's
>> The Names, and it's also great.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No, I read and recommend "Actress in the House."  The only McElroy I've
>>> read.  I should read Women and Men, but my novel reading has taken a back
>>> seat for now.  McElroy is true Modernist, not at all like Pynchon.  He is
>>> very skilled, but not for a casual reader.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, May 9, 2013, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Both take some perseverance.  Women and Men is probably up your alley;
>>>> Miss Macintosh?  Good luck with that, although I think David Morris (sorry
>>>> if I'm wrong, David) read it.  I think it compares with Henry Darger's
>>>> writing, minus the perversion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
>>>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>> Sent: Thu, May 9, 2013 4:33 pm
>>>> Subject: If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth, and
>>>> Vollmann, I might like ...
>>>>
>>>>  Just asking the friendly list for recommendations and suggests based
>>>> on what I like to read as given in the subject line.  I have gotten my paws
>>>> on (but not yet begun to read) McElroy's *Women and Men*, and
>>>> Marguerite Young's *Miss MacIntosh, My Darling*.  Any opinions on
>>>> these two titles?  Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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