tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033603978883330533.post721285243258874449..comments2023-10-26T06:38:12.570-07:00Comments on hypnopomp and circumstance: Book 43: The Wonder Boys by Michael ChabonBrendan O'Malleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06487773423985666375noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033603978883330533.post-58897622465741638942009-11-18T15:48:43.768-08:002009-11-18T15:48:43.768-08:00Coupland, King and Chabon are "contemporary&q...Coupland, King and Chabon are "contemporary" authors. Modernism ended with Beckett. He was the last modernist. Now, everyone who dares to write (which is pretty much everyone) are de facto post-modernists. Except King, who is more than one person and is essentially a ferocious hack (donde esta mi cabeza now, señor?).<br /><br />Note: Laura and I were married on a camping trip on Bloomsday. Twenty-three and a half years later she is still the most astonishing woman in the world—meanwhile, Ulysses is slightly overrated. <br /><br />The Magic Mountain is a top ten book for me. My dad, long dead, never read it either. But I think of him whenever I reread passages from The Magic Mountain because it's a book about a gentle soul (and my dad was one of those).Tim Ramickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790643137329325540noreply@blogger.com