Sunday, November 19, 2006

"Against the Day" – the long awaited new Pynchon



It has been a long time, close to 10 years in fact. But now “Against the Day” is finally out there for everyone to read. And that I'll do, starting this very day with immersing myself into this new, outrageously intricate universe of the great American master of tangled literary design!
You'll get your copy – a must-read, no doubt – at you local books store, or here (hier).

As this voluminous novel will treat me and everyone else to almost 1100 pages of the best in high-strung English one can possibly lay eyes on, it shall take quite some time to come to terms with it. After all, any Pynchon calls for a slow-learner's attentive devotion, doesn't it?
I shall get back to you with comments, remarks and tentative bits of reviewing, while at the same time I would very much like to share in your reading experience of this massive piece of fiction!
Is it a masterpiece, another landmark achievement – or is it for Pynchon fans only?


Let's clear things up together!


(pic©The Penguin Press)

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