From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V17 #183 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, June 30 2009 Volume 17 : Number 183 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP (bird and book people division) [Great Quail ] reap ["Stewart C. Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:40:36 -0400 From: Great Quail Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP (bird and book people division) LEP writes, > (2) Also appreciated: any recommendations on recent or lesser-known > post-modern or 20th-century fiction (Dad likes Pynchon, old Cormac > McCarthy(sp?), Faulkner, Peter(?) Achroyd(sp?), biographies of > post-modern or 20th century fiction writers, French or German history > books (*especially* any new Hilter, Germany between between the wars, > or books about the Nazis) would be appreciated. Well, I would immediately suggest William Gaddis, Robert Coover, and William Vollmann in connection with Pynchon, but he's probably read them, and neither is exactly "recent." Though Vollmann's "Europe Central" would also hit the mark on his historical interests, as well. Also, Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" or "Foucault's Pendulum," Carlos Fuentes' "Terra Nostra" or "The Death of Artemio Cruz," and Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "One Hundred Years of Solitude" would also fit the bill; but again, are older works and probably things he's already read. Also, Jose Saramago comes to mind, particularly his earlier novels. Maybe Elfriede Jelinek, who also translated Pynchon into German, so she's got that connection, too. Have you considered Roberto Bolano? His critically lauded "Savage Detectives" and "2666" are considered postmodern, and are recent as well. You would certainly find them in any good bookstore. Although I have yet to read Bolano's novels, he's been highly recommended by people I trust, and his poetry is outstanding. I'd also pitch Mark Danielewski, but he may be too "hip" and freaky for your dad, I'm not sure...same with Tom Carson's "Gilligan's Wake," though that book has major Pynchon overtones. Oh! What about James Elroy's "American Tabloid?" Look that up -- I bet that would work! It's kind of postmodern noir, very political and dark, and might fit the McCarthy jones. (I won't mention DeLillo and Foster Wallace, because I suspect you have those guys under control!) - --Quail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:00:44 -0700 From: kevin studyvin Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP (bird and book people division) > I'd also pitch Mark Danielewski, but he may be too "hip" and freaky for > your > dad, I'm not sure...same with Tom Carson's "Gilligan's Wake," though that > book has major Pynchon overtones. > Having fond memories of Carson's Twisted Kicks from years past, I grabbed Gilligan's Wake when it caught my eye at the library. Laughed my ass off. But ya ask me it's more over in Robert Coover's corner than Pynchon's. > > Oh! What about James Elroy's "American Tabloid?" Look that up -- I bet that > would work! It's kind of postmodern noir, very political and dark, and > might > fit the McCarthy jones. > Enjoyed Ellroy when he first appeared in the 80s with his hysterically weird, quasi-Jim Thompson stuff but his increasingly right-wing uber-butch persona has annoyed me enough that I quit paying any attention a while back. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:34:38 +1200 From: James Dignan Subject: Re: farewell farewell Sad to see another feg go, and - relatively speaking - a local. Fare thee well, James (across the ditch) - -- James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:01:01 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: reap Canadian bluesman Jackie Washington, 89. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V17 #183 ********************************