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Who are the current living giants of western literature?
>Gass
>McCarthy
>Pynchon
>DeLillo

Who else?

>> No.8857216

>>8857203
Wolfe
Ellis

>> No.8857218

My Diary To Be Honest

>> No.8857219

>>8857203
joseph mcelroy

>> No.8857226

>>8857216
Gene Wolfe? I don't think so.

An argument could be made for Ellis, but I think he's lacking a work with a significant cultural or metaphysical punch.

>>8857219
I agree, good choice.

>> No.8857232

>>8857226
A couple of decades after Wolfe dies Peace will look very good I think. New Sun is too autistic for academia but his shorter stuff is more palatable. Maybe not giant-tier but I think he'll be remembered well. As for Ellis, do you think someone needs a BIG thing to be a giant? Between Less Than Zero, American Psycho and Glamourama I think you could say his impact has been significant.

>> No.8857238

Me

>> No.8857259

>>8857238
you're a has been

>> No.8857275

Krasznahorkai

>> No.8857330

Gass is too much of an academic to be a good writer.

>> No.8857345

>>8857203
Who are the best contemporary Russian writers? Considering that historically speaking, they have the best literary tradition, it's weird that there aren't any contemporary great Russians as far as I know.

>> No.8857355

>>8857203
>americans
read more

>> No.8857358

>>8857330
American detected.