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Who’s your favorite American novelist and
what novel do you consider their greatest?
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Lets get to know each other:
Share about your love of books
and/or coffee/tea!
Source: Cafe Meet n’ Greet
Who’s your favorite American novelist and
what novel do you consider their greatest?
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I like Franzen a lot, i thought Jonathan Lethem was both poignant and hilarious, and now I’ve become hooked on Thomas Pynchon. I first read Bleeding Edge, didn’t get it at first and really liked it in the end. Now I’m on a quest to discover him first to last and am reading Gravity’s Rainbow. Again, I don’t really know what’s going on, but the literate devices (poems, vernacular, form letters, inner dialog, descriptions, hallucinating episodes and a great deal of ? science sounding believable) are being dropped thicker and quicker than the bombs of the Germans!
My favorite coffee concoction is a cappuccino, but for Pynchon it should be a double espresso.
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I will have read something by Pynchon, it sounds like he writes in such a way that forces you to really think.
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I voted for Steinbeck because of the depth of his writing. Unlike Hemingway, there is a greater variation on his voice and style. I considered Scotty, but that would be based on a preference only for Gatsby. Curious about the ‘others’ in the voting… 🙂
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Interesting results. I prefer Steinbeck and Faulkner way above the others. Just reread one Hemingway last year… It’s grown old… 😦
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Steinbeck rocks! 🙂
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High five to you! 😉
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Mark Twain is my favorite. His novel “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” is great!
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