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L'estasi Dell'influenza. Nonfiction, Etc. (2011)

by Jonathan Lethem(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

8845269973 (ISBN13: 9788845269974)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Bompiani

review 1: Sumptuous streams of intellectual rattle ‘n’ roll topped off with the ecstatic influence of Lethem’s non-fic idols (notable: David FW and Lester B and Geoff D). The title piece is alas the most ecstatic in the collection alongside the long(u)e(u)rs on James Brown and SF conventions and the opening shizzle on self-consciousness in autobrifographie. Once fangirling mode is activated (like L Bangs) Lethem gets in a lather and is less convincing (the several novel introductions or music pieces are bores and shoulda been weeded). The irksome short fictions fail to entertain (esp. those devoted to his artist friends—a whifflet of self-indulgence undeniable) and those shorter experimental pieces (a lot of them numbered, plenty about Brooklyn—ARGH!) pass through one’s ... moreears without leaving a hint of lyrical wax. Leading us to the conclusion that Lethem is a minor writer with heaps of brio but not much memorable in the final analysisters.
review 2: This collection of essays sparkles, and perhaps makes me glad it has taken me this long to "discover" Lethem. "Izations," about the treatment of our shared hero narratives like Spider Man and Bat Man across platforms and short, recent generations, is sweet and insightful. The long pieces on James Brown and Dylan are great. Lethem has read so many damn books himself it makes me kinda mad, resentful even - like they're all his. Not sure whether I ever get to his fiction. Loved this. less

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