Literary discussion?

[Becky Lindroos]

Submission has been on my wish list for some time - it just got boosted to very soon after the new year.   Thanks. 

Bek

> On Dec 30, 2015, at 5:39 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> the jacket for SUBMISSION quotes Adam Gopnick ( New Yorker) calling Houellebecq " not only a satire but a sincere ( in italics) satirist, genuinely saddened by the absurdities of history And  madnesses of mankind" 
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> My question: how does a sincere satirist differ from an insincere one? Only answer I can think of is that it is Effective, real, artistic satire--contrasted with failed satire, not right, not deep, not original. .....
> Pynchon's satire is sincere, right? swift's, of course, right?  I thought it was a virtual truism that the best satire springs from idealism ( sincere) showing up the real world's failings. 
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