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Originally Posted by infoterror
Literature 
I have read, and am not fond of, Bellow and Amis; I consider both to be postmodernists for a number of reasons.
I recommend you re-read Naked Lunch. More beautiful language in that than most operas. Of course, it is also obscene, but so is "Gravity's Rainbow."
The only Pynchon I like these days is "The Crying of Lot 49." The rest really is crap -- trendy crap. He's skilled though. I'm not fond of postmodernism, but I think you're up a creek about Thomas Wolfe; he's a bit wordy, but he gives meaning to those words.
Rushdie is simply mediocre. |
We're just going to have to agree to disagree. We like totally different things. Dont care for Thomas Wolfe at all, I share your assessment of Pynchon.
Who's your favorite author infoterror? If you havent noticed, mine is Nabokov.
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