NP - Plist opinion on W Gass

[Antonin Scriabin]

OL and Barth's Chimera are the books recently that "tricked" me into liking
them. I started off not enjoying either, but began to see the emerging
structure and was very impressed by the end of each.
On Oct 21, 2014 9:23 AM, "Becky Lindroos" <bekker2 at icloud.com> wrote:

> I’ve been meaning to get to Omensetter’s Luck for years!  There are soooo
> many books out there and only one of me.
>
> Bekah
>
> On Oct 21, 2014, at 6:08 AM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Gass' style seems to alternate between musical and cringe-inducing. It
> can be sort of overly formal - he has a huge penchant for alliteration, for
> instance - but at its best, it's very good at fleshing out the so-called
> world within the word. Worth reading, I think, but it's hard to take in
> bulk - part of the reason why The Tunnel seemed to be such a slog. He's
> published more criticism than he has fiction, and for my money he's more
> effective in the former.
> >
> > Haven't read Omensetter's Luck, though... will get around to it someday.
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I feel the same way about OMENSETTER's LUCK....The early book of short
> stories is a bit " easier" to sorta get but I can't remember them at all; I
> remember feeling so " in" when I got his special printing of WILLIE
> MASTER's LONESOME WIFE thru Tri-Quarterly  Mag back in the day. ( didn't
> know what to make of it when young ). I thought his FICTION AND THE FIGURES
> OF LIFE taught me good stuff, and I'm sure it did but, later, it seemed
> too.....removed from the life in fiction......but I've never
> revisited.....Love the idea of BLUE but never got to....and was too lazily
> undisciplined to keep reading THE TUNNEL as I was not re some other
> writers.......( but undisciplined is the more, so to speak)
> >
> > I have heard he is a rewarding teacher, influencing many writers. one,
> Garth Hallberg, has a big book coming [CITY ON FIRE] that is in the
> GASS--PYNCHON tradition, ( so I've heard) so to almost meaninglessly say,
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Oct 21, 2014, at 6:55 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I consider myself a fan of Gass, but I have only read Omensetter's
> Luck. It was one if the hardest, densest short novels I've come across. I
> also enjoyed him on Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt. So I like him, but
> don't have as much experience with his writing as I do Gaddis' and TP's.
> >>
> >> On Oct 21, 2014 4:06 AM, "matthew cissell" <mccissell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Howdy listers,
> >>
> >>    It's clear that we have some William Gaddis fans on the list, but
> how do folks feel about William Gass? I don't seem to recall having seen
> his name mentioned here (of course I don't read every mail either).
> Anybody? Two cents of feedback?
> >>
> >> Have a happy Tuesday cuz the Happy Mondays are gone.
> >>
> >> ciao
> >> Otis
> >
>
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