Happy 10th anniversary to The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time. Don't even think about writing one of the 100 greatest novels of all time; they've already been written.
Oh, I agree about Pynchon. And, while I dearly love As I Lay Dying, even Faulkner would not have put it on a list of the hundred best.
Nor is there any mention of Richard Powers, a considerable lapse. Nor of Nathanael West. Nor of John Gardner. No Andre Malraux. No Jorge Amado. And how could a British publication ignore The Horse's Mouth?
No Pynchon there; not even in the list of names they left off. Can't take it seriously.
ReplyDeleteTwelve and six halves. These lists always make me feel unedumacated.
ReplyDeleteI have seen 14 of them as movies.
Oh, I agree about Pynchon. And, while I dearly love As I Lay Dying, even Faulkner would not have put it on a list of the hundred best.
ReplyDeleteNor is there any mention of Richard Powers, a considerable lapse. Nor of Nathanael West. Nor of John Gardner. No Andre Malraux. No Jorge Amado. And how could a British publication ignore The Horse's Mouth?
A very quirky list, it seems.
Dang. And I just put a book out.
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ReplyDeleteTwenty. Most under duress as a student, but Three Men In A Boat was (and remains) a positive delight.
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