tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post7735550910948077413..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Some (Elementary) Thoughts about RealismAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-6114682351321242462007-03-12T15:35:00.000-05:002007-03-12T15:35:00.000-05:00Great post. William Gass wrote the Introduction to...Great post. William Gass wrote the Introduction to the book I'm reading now, Gaddis's <I>The Recognitions</I>, so it's good to know more about him.<BR/><BR/>I understand what you're saying about wanting a novel that is more alienated by the modern world than it is attempting to encapsulate it; I like both schools of thought (I think <I>The Satanic Verses</I> is great, and I think I'll like Pynchon when the times comes), but I think I find the alienated -- J.M. Coetzee comes immediately to mind, as well as Sebald -- best.<BR/><BR/>I'd noticed this divide before, but never thought of it in such terms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-61634181533910617982007-03-10T19:56:00.000-05:002007-03-10T19:56:00.000-05:00I can empathize with your sentiments regarding po...I can empathize with your sentiments regarding popular cultural references in the novels of post colonial writers who attempt to resurrect a new way of writing. It is crass, boring and the language is a surrogate mix of pop native lingua franca and post graduate student blues.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.com