Comments on: What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? http://sodsbrood.com/junk/2006/05/17/what-is-the-best-work-of-american-fiction-of-the-last-25-years/ The community blog portal for sodsbrood.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:07:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: dhalgren http://sodsbrood.com/junk/2006/05/17/what-is-the-best-work-of-american-fiction-of-the-last-25-years/#comment-179 dhalgren Sat, 27 May 2006 12:06:26 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/junk/2006/05/17/what-is-the-best-work-of-american-fiction-of-the-last-25-years/#comment-179 There's a discussion on the NYT site about the list that you might want to read. One of the comments is how very traditional the list is, so perhaps we should not be suprised that Updike is on it. It has been ages since I read Rabbitt, and I unwilling to voice much opinion on him for that reason. I really ought to read Beloved this summer. That does seem to be THE novel at the moment (well, for the last ten years in the academy). Roth sounds like fun, too, especially that Lindbergh novel you were reading...How did that one end up being? Underworld, bt, is very different than White Noise. Not as focused or personal and not as obsessed wit pop culture theory. There’s a discussion on the NYT site about the list that you might want to read. One of the comments is how very traditional the list is, so perhaps we should not be suprised that Updike is on it. It has been ages since I read Rabbitt, and I unwilling to voice much opinion on him for that reason.

I really ought to read Beloved this summer. That does seem to be THE novel at the moment (well, for the last ten years in the academy). Roth sounds like fun, too, especially that Lindbergh novel you were reading…How did that one end up being?

Underworld, bt, is very different than White Noise. Not as focused or personal and not as obsessed wit pop culture theory.

]]> By: Matthew http://sodsbrood.com/junk/2006/05/17/what-is-the-best-work-of-american-fiction-of-the-last-25-years/#comment-173 Matthew Tue, 23 May 2006 15:40:03 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/junk/2006/05/17/what-is-the-best-work-of-american-fiction-of-the-last-25-years/#comment-173 I'm planning on reading Roth's new novel, "Everyman," sometime this summer. I'm a slow, slow reader, however, so we should probably skip reading it together. You'd be finished with it before I read the first chapter. I also want to read "Underworld" and "Beloved," now that they have been recalled to my attention. I read "White Noise" last summer. I was most surprised by Updike's inclusion. He has always seemed a minor figure, to me, mainly because his fiction is so traditional. I’m planning on reading Roth’s new novel, “Everyman,” sometime this summer. I’m a slow, slow reader, however, so we should probably skip reading it together. You’d be finished with it before I read the first chapter. I also want to read “Underworld” and “Beloved,” now that they have been recalled to my attention. I read “White Noise” last summer.

I was most surprised by Updike’s inclusion. He has always seemed a minor figure, to me, mainly because his fiction is so traditional.

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