I love Literature.....but people like Pynchon make people run away from good writers like ... Doctorow, Dostoyesvski...etc...
some people try to hard to write for Lit Critics and want to get a Nobel prize....
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Don't want to go too far off-base, but I particularly dislike books that are (apparently) intentionally "hard" -- I put Neil Stephenson's books (other than some of his first) into this category. As well as many that were mentioned in the article like Thomas Pynchon but the article then goes on to say we may be seeing a revival of "readable" novels. I certainly hope so.  And not there are not any coming out...E.L. Doctorow, John Irving... |