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thoughts on gass? what is your favorite work of his? was he the greatest writer of the second half of the 20th century?

>> No.12344984

>>12344963
>what is your favorite work of his?
Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife
>was he the greatest writer of the second half of the 20th century?
No. McCarthy was.

>> No.12345010

BRAAAAAAAAAP

>> No.12345822

bump

>> No.12345855

fat, ugly fuck

>> No.12345870

>>12344984
You are so dumb

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>>12344984
>Mcarthy was

>> No.12346015

Are Gass threads the Simpsons threads of /lit/?

>> No.12346095

>>12344963
Gaddis is significantly better, its not a contest

McCarthy is a better prose stylist too

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>>12345870
>>12346008
Seething. Has Gass had one of his works adapted into one of the best films of all time? Don't think so. Cope more faggots.

>> No.12346133

>>12346108
They’re both glorified fanfiction writers so the argument is silly. But ultimately McCarthy is better than Gass.

>> No.12346166

>>12346133
How's McCarthy "fanfiction"?

>> No.12346181

>>12346133
moron

>> No.12346197

>>12345870
You asked, stupid cunt.

>> No.12346345

>>12344963
Stop making Gass threads

>> No.12346948

Bump

>> No.12346960

>>12346166
Don’t use scare quotes because you’re too under-read to properly analyze a writer, faggot. He uses the themes, settings, character types, vocabulary and sometimes even scenes of more original writers. He’s been called on it many times and his excuse was “the unpleasant truth is that books are made from other books”. Which is true to an extent but he doesn’t bring any originality to it.

>> No.12346981

>>12346181
t. 20 year old who has read 11 books.

>> No.12347216

>>12344963
Superbly scabrous. Beautiful prose. I haven't read enough of his nonfiction, a fault I plan to remedy.

>> No.12347979

>>12344963
Still looking for his philosophy dissertation anons.

>> No.12348137

Good. Pedersen Kid. Alexander Theroux is/was.

>> No.12348146

I have actually nearly cried while reading The Tunnel. It is producing old vivid memories from me that I have forgotten.

>> No.12348155

gass or gaddis?
had to choose, ended up ordering the recognitions

>> No.12348171

>>12348155
If it's your first time for Gaddis you will have fun. In all honest for both Gass and Gaddis I recommend getting their smaller books, even reading them twice sometimes, that way when you come to mammoth, marathon stretches of them, you are in the company of an old friend for the whole time rather than it being a fucking shit show of this new crazy style.

>> No.12348996

PAP
PAP
PAP

>> No.12349998

F
Someone post the Gass chamber screencap.

>> No.12350921

Bumping