(My) Question of the Day

[Paul Mackin]

For me, Mark, one doesn't obviate or rule out the other. I enjoy reading
James Wood like novels--where you can empathize with characters and care
what happens to them.  My Brilliant Friend, for example. Tour de force
novels like GR very much have their place on my bookshelf also.  I've loved
that book since the stores opened on publication day. I'm not totally
convinced the book's narrative technique, profanations, and violations
afford or at least demonstrate the possibility of freedom under Late
Capitalism as Luc and Steve seem to be saying, but the two eminent critics'
arguments are nevertheless fascinating to the extent I understand them.
Only glanced here and there in that book.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> What (kinds of) novels/books can you no longer read
> since you are a dedicated Pynchonite?
>
> My list is as long as the cetology chapter in Moby Dick.
> And I have noticed it more lately and think about it
> but I am now going to pick up my new unmarked-up copy of
> Slow Learner.
>
> "Everything old is new again"---All That Jazz
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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