Artful (NP)

[Robert Mahnke]

And now I've started reading Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai, and I love it
so far.  I only read 40 pages last night, but I can't wait to get home and
get into again.  Here's a review from when it was initially published in
2001, on her site:

http://www.helendewitt.com/dewitt/review01.html

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 7:35 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My library of yet unread books just grew by three...thanks a lot, I think!
>
> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>
> > On Nov 28, 2016, at 10:17 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Not I -  but thank you for the recommendation -  it’s now on my wish
> list.   :-)
> >
> > And to whomever mentioned The Quincunx by Charles Palliser I’ll second
> (or third) it.
> >
> > Bekah/Becky
> > back in California and on the list!   :-)
> >
> >> On Nov 28, 2016, at 6:39 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the recommendation.
> >>
> >> I recently finished another book that someone recommended here - can't
> remember who - Bekah?
> >>
> >> A Naked Singularity, by Sergio De La Pava. A brilliant deconstruction
> of the criminal justice system, and well worth the read, though I do think
> the book would have been stronger if he'd had an editor to work with (he
> self-published). Some of the tangents he goes off on start to cloy. Did the
> recommender say it was Pynchon-esque? There is a Whole Sick Crew-like group
> of roommates, but it seems to be more inspired by Junot Diaz, Cortazar,
> etc. - with a little Dostoyevsky thrown in, for good measure.
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Robert Mahnke
> >> Sent: Nov 28, 2016 5:59 PM
> >> To: P-list
> >> Subject: Artful (NP)
> >>
> >>
> >> I've just read Ali Smith's Artful, and recommend it, fwiw.  It's
> remarkable, and unlike anything else I can think of.
> >> - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
> >
> > Becky
> > https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -
> > Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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