(My) Question of the Day

[Jemmy Bloocher]

This is a really interesting question. I'm going to have to give it quite
some thought. I certainly have minimal patience now for the 'light read'.
Hmmm will ponder.
On 16 Jan 2016 15:57, "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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