http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-57-jonathan-safran-foer/ A cultural podcast in tenebrous standing Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-57-jonathan-safran-foer/comment-page-1/#comment-3023 Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant » 75 Books, Books #55-60 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:19:10 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=75#comment-3023 [...] Book #58 was Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I can understand the antagonistic reactions to Foer’s second book. I don’t quibble so much over the book’s child genius protagonist or even its associations with September 11, but I think Updike was right to suggest that Foer could use “a little more silence, a few fewer messages.” This book often contains playfulness for playfulness’s sake. Gilbert Sorrentino, this is not. Because of the large volume of “playful” experiments, I was unable to penetrate the novel’s heart. Nevertheless, know that I read and save every Foer book, with the hope of one day being able to treat JSF with the proper adulthood he deserves. Until that day, Extremely Loud is clearly the work of a kid still playing around. (Podcast interview.) [...] [...] Book #58 was Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I can understand the antagonistic reactions to Foer’s second book. I don’t quibble so much over the book’s child genius protagonist or even its associations with September 11, but I think Updike was right to suggest that Foer could use “a little more silence, a few fewer messages.” This book often contains playfulness for playfulness’s sake. Gilbert Sorrentino, this is not. Because of the large volume of “playful” experiments, I was unable to penetrate the novel’s heart. Nevertheless, know that I read and save every Foer book, with the hope of one day being able to treat JSF with the proper adulthood he deserves. Until that day, Extremely Loud is clearly the work of a kid still playing around. (Podcast interview.) [...]

]]> http://www.edrants.com/segundo/the-bat-segundo-show-57-jonathan-safran-foer/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Hate My Way » Everything is Illuminated Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:42:50 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=75#comment-857 [...] Here is an interview with Jonathan Safran Foer from a couple of week’s ago by the Bat Segundo Show. In the interview he talks about numerous topics including time shifting and experimentation and how type plays a role in his work. [...] [...] Here is an interview with Jonathan Safran Foer from a couple of week’s ago by the Bat Segundo Show. In the interview he talks about numerous topics including time shifting and experimentation and how type plays a role in his work. [...]

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