W.D. Clarke
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Jeff Bursey:
Hey Jeff, contributed to Sascha's first edited book, can't afford the $ or time for this new one, would appreciate any thoughts you had on it?! Haven't kept up with the Pynchon industry lately :)
Jeff Bursey
W.D., hello. Sorry for the delay, I rarely look at this section in my Dashboard.
I have a bunch of notes about the first 139 pages of Sascha's book. It's been a while since I looked at it, but I do remember thinking that the theory was, in large part, new to me, so learning took place, and also that Sascha is very inclined to politics, in a large sense (not for a party but maybe for an idea), as his views on a larger europe -- oh how that must sound now! -- meant the erasure of the nation-state in favour of a, well, postnational entity, which would mean what on the ground?, and not on paper or in papers, with unforeseen ramifications that Habermas et al might not have predicted.
I stopped just before he really got into Pynchon so I'm not sure that the above is helpful. Right now I'm in a wonderful lull between deadlines for reviewing books for publications so perhaps I'll get the chance to finish this book and have more to say in better words. It's all about the words, right?
For now, I'd say if you were interested enough to contribute to Against the Grain, then this book would likely appeal. Is there a good (university) library where you are?
I have the book you're in, as well, and now have added reason to get to it in the sometime future.
Jeff
I have a bunch of notes about the first 139 pages of Sascha's book. It's been a while since I looked at it, but I do remember thinking that the theory was, in large part, new to me, so learning took place, and also that Sascha is very inclined to politics, in a large sense (not for a party but maybe for an idea), as his views on a larger europe -- oh how that must sound now! -- meant the erasure of the nation-state in favour of a, well, postnational entity, which would mean what on the ground?, and not on paper or in papers, with unforeseen ramifications that Habermas et al might not have predicted.
I stopped just before he really got into Pynchon so I'm not sure that the above is helpful. Right now I'm in a wonderful lull between deadlines for reviewing books for publications so perhaps I'll get the chance to finish this book and have more to say in better words. It's all about the words, right?
For now, I'd say if you were interested enough to contribute to Against the Grain, then this book would likely appeal. Is there a good (university) library where you are?
I have the book you're in, as well, and now have added reason to get to it in the sometime future.
Jeff
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Ken Langer
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Jeff Bursey:
Jeff- thanks for "liking" my review of Typerotica. It's an amazing book. pls consider reading and reviewing my novel, A Nest for Lalita. You can hear my give a Zoom book talk this Sat (aug 14 at 4 pm), organized by the Martha's Vineyard West Tisbury Library. Here's the link to register: https://westtisburylibrary.org/publiclibrary/events/online-book-talk-a-nest-for-lalita -- hope you'll join.?? Best, Ken
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