Jonathan Franzen: what's wrong with the modern world | Books | The Guardian

[alice wellintown]

You dismissed it, not me. Did you read BE? JF's essay? How about that essay
P wrote on Sloth?   I know P-List will make BE more than P ever imagined,
more than he could, and more importantly, more than he chose, to make of
it. That's kool, but only a fool would read the P-lite books and put them
on the same level with his major works.

On Saturday, September 14, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> >  rolling out stuff like Bleeding Edge and Inherent Vice,
> You already read and dismissed it?   Fast work
> On Sep 14, 2013, at 9:32 AM, alice wellintown wrote:
>
> >
> > Maybe this and maybe that. Anger? JF should do what P has done and slide
> gracefully into Sloth. He's still have a problem with his readers, they
> won't understand him, and the shots from the cheap seats will shatter his
> privlidged view of the park, but he can make a living rolling out stuff
> like Bleeding Edge and Inherent Vice, work on big projects that only a few
> will bother to read, classics in other words. Not bad work if you can
> manage it and keep cool, care. Just stuff that anger on a balloon and let
> it float up of a cartoon. A-it works for Pynchon.
> > On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > Franzen hearts Karl Kraus.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> >> Date: September 14, 2013, 5:32:34 AM EDT
> >> To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com <javascript:;>>
> >> Subject: Jonathan Franzen: what's wrong with the modern world | Books |
> The Guardian
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/jonathan-franzen-wrong-modern-world
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >
>
>
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