Superheroes in novels

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Good stough; much obliged.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
> wrote:

> I have just finished (upon recommendation of someone from the list,
> perhaps Dave), Lavie Tidhar's "The Violent Century". This novel really
> shouldn't work (Marvel Comics, John Le Carré, Mengele and 9/11 all rolled
> into one?) but does so splendidly, touching upon numerous Pynchonian
> concerns along the way -- Paperclip, Potsdam, Rocket-Men. Highly original,
> very dark and quite wonderful.
>
> The novel, and the review in the Guardian, made me think about superheroes
> in novels. I have not read Lethem's "Fortress of Solitude", so I cannot
> speak to that. David Mitchell's "The Bone Clocks" is engaging in various,
> mostly Dickensian, ways, but the characters with supernatural capabilities,
> who are an integral part of the plot, seem out of place, severely marring
> an otherwise very fine novel.
>
> Here is the Guardian review of Tidhar's book:
>
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/25/violent-century-lavie-tidhar-review
>
> See also:
>
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/may/06/superheroes-literary-novel-comic-book-serious-fiction
>
> Any thoughts?
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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