Jonathan Franzen on Underappreciated Books
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Franzen talks and looks like an overworked mechanic who really doesn't want to commit to an estimate on your car.
That is really funny. Well said.
Yes. His shirt collar and eyeglass frames are too small for his considerable countenance.
Thanks for the recommendations. I'll definitely check out The Greenlanders.
My opinion on underappreciated books would be the Gothic books of the late 18th Century. Most of my favourite books are of this literary Gothic genre which had its heyday in the 1790s. Ann Radcliffe, Eliza Parsons and many other writers wrote many gems during this period. Most of these books are almost entirely forgotten.
He also likes Independent People by Halldor Laxness. I'll plug that one any day.
Infinite Jest is so good. I read it in 1997 or so and just started re-reading it. I think it's possibly the best novel since the 1920's. It is just amazing in so many ways.
Sorry to correct you but The Hobbit was released in the 30's not the 20's
@@shernrerrsMYTUBE the hobbit and anything lord of the rings related is trash, its just a bunch of dwarf's walking.
@@retroblue69696 Dwarves* (I wouldn't argue with Tolkien's spelling) are never the main character in the Hobbit, LOTR or the Silmarillion. If you actually dislike it I pity you
@@shernrerrsMYTUBE no one deserves pity for having good taste
I’m glad he mentioned Stead. Great book.
So far, I'm 1/4 of the way through Infinite Jest, and I'm really getting into it. So worth the effort, because it's both brutal and funny in the sense that it is authentic. Life is the same way if you really think about it and try not to distract yourself from it.
What did you think of it?
Got to that part. Amazing and gut-wrenching stuff. Thanks for not spoiling it for me. ;)
I've studied a smidge of organizational behavior in my earlier grad studies, and FWIW there is really no overlap between anxiety and pretention. Narcissism is like oil to anxiety's water. Hope the metaphor comes through here.
Also would add Norman Mailer “harlots ghost”…
I'll plug the greatest American novel to come out of WW2. Guard Of Honor, by James Gould Cozzens.
I love how the top comments compliment eachother.
Or to divide the interview into different topic so those who may only be interested in a certain part of an interview doesn't have to watch an entire interview.
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts is severely underappreciated.
Somewhat, but I think it's basically due to The Corrections.
Good job !
so they can put an advertisement in front of all of them.
Bob Shacochis The Woman who lost her soul….
why chop up the interview into these annoying little snippets?
Annoying snippets of an annoying man
Push on through. Once you hit page 600 you will not put it down.
So you just have to read 2 novels worth of writing before it gets good? (Just kidding, I really like DFW, but it reminded me of a college professor who once told me that around page 400 Richardson's Pamela got really good.)
@@gmylius It's more like 200 pages before the structure starts to make sense, but I enjoyed much of the book. Don't read it if you don't want to. Just don't be one of those pretentious fucks who talks shit on it without ever opening it up.
@@mskcrc I agree the first 200 pages were the hardest to get through
...hmm.
What?
….hmmm, not sure…?
Anyone who reads it without two bookmarks is a masochist.
Sorry...I've got two accounts and accidentally posted that via my old online college. Still me, though. ;)
because the average attention spans of internet users are 2mins
Because if it was any longer it would be toxic.
In another video this guy says Wallace is overrated. Confused.
He never said Wallace, he said Forster. Probably, E. M. Forster.
No way hed say that, him and Wallace were good friends
I always have porn on different tabs. It is very convenient.
I think the majority of Franzen's cred is simply because he was DFW's friend.
Franzen is actually a good novelist. DFW is fairly overrated
jojomellon That's not true. He's written fairly good books.
Complete and utter garbage. Franzen is a brilliant author in his own right.
He is, but he’s so pompous.
Wrong
Franzen doesn't understand the difference between "a plug" and an honest comment.
I think he should stick to writing. Talking is not his forte.
Wow, what a waste of opportunity to showcase the work of some really underappreciated writers, especially to American readers. And then to include Infinite Jest in this category. Insane. The most overappreciated, overhyped book in my opinion. Big-budget fiction like Franzen's just doesn't appeal to me.
Jonathan Franzen: redefining the word "pretentious" like only he could.
Omar Drake You clearly have no idea what the word pretentious means.
All American literature is a poor sketch of English literature. John Milton ,Paradise Lost, is more vital and original than anything this chubby hack or any of his misbegotten compatriots have manged to squeeze out.
The Post C19th American novel knocks the English novel out of the park
@@NR-110nah you got Woolf, Joyce, Forster, Greene... América is just Faulkner
I smell a bitter Brit.