Monday, August 8
Pynchon
A nice appreciation/discussion of the importance -- or not -- of Thomas Pynchon in BookForum.
I've read a few of his novels, all the early ones, and you can count me in the fan group. I feel as Jeffry Eugenides says, "Pynchon's fiction made it clear that, if you wanted to write, you had to know everything: everything about history, science, politics, even calculus; you had to know everything while being funny at the same time, and lyrical, bringing into the novel a freewheeling, present-tense, colloquial-poetic American voice, in books that were like adventure stories and comedy routines, and where the characters were forever breaking into song."
I've read a few of his novels, all the early ones, and you can count me in the fan group. I feel as Jeffry Eugenides says, "Pynchon's fiction made it clear that, if you wanted to write, you had to know everything: everything about history, science, politics, even calculus; you had to know everything while being funny at the same time, and lyrical, bringing into the novel a freewheeling, present-tense, colloquial-poetic American voice, in books that were like adventure stories and comedy routines, and where the characters were forever breaking into song."
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I love this quote, Eric, but it might put off quite a few aspiring writers!
Terry
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