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Originally Posted by infoterror
Nabokov... I liked Pale Fire, haven't read Lolita. However, he's kind of a one-pony show, like DeLillo. Pynchon to some degree too. The more experienced I get, the less I care at all about the postmoderns.
I'd consider Faulkner and Marquez to be a better style than the postmoderns.
Favorite author? Fitzgerald. Or Melville, based on yesterday's reading. Soft spot for Burroughs and Hemingway too.
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Yeah, your favorites I think are hacks (but I am not insulting you or anything, I just have different taste). I dont care for Fitzegerald-he's a enjoyable read and a good author, but there is no depth in his writing, no challenge, no rhythmic word-play, no change in form. So, I can see you really may have a American literature degree. Why do I say this? Well, I argue with American literature degree having persons about Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Roth, Bradbury, etc, all the time.
I would get in arguments in the few college lit classes I actually took, because well, I am a big reader, and I have (and this is my one big big skill) exceptional reading comprehension-- to the point I can read a 300 page book written by a difficult author in less than 5 hours. All other things, i highlight my lack of expertise. Anyway, I am very put off by American writing, which I see as terribly symbolic and autobiographical, as opposed to Russian, French, and British and Irish Literature (and some German), which is more about characterization, prose, and form--the things that I am interested in.