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>dude, did you just say norman mailer v camus? > >::::boggle:::: >
Camus is mightily boring. And heavy-handed. Norman Mailer wrote at least one great novel.
>dude, come on. and if you're going to put in a chester >himes or a raymond chandler, what about simenon? >
Simenon is cool. You're right, I should give him some credit.
>and where is marcel ayme or marguerite yourcenar (duras was >a scary thing to say) or queneau or perec or colette >(speaking of les plaisirs de la chair) ? >
Mentionning Duras, I'll admit, was a joke.
Queneau and Perec are amusing, but extremely gimmicky. Which is the main default of most 20th century French litterature (Boris Vian could be filed in the same category).
Colette is for girls. And girls only.
>i'm not saying i like all of the above, but i like almost >none of your list, and half are not close to canonical >importance. why can't you accept french superiority, >dammit?! : P >
Because they don't have the strength of exoticness to me, maybe? (and I know...pot:kettle)
>random aside: jean gabin and i have a date to see that movie >about transporting pork across paris, based on a marcel ayme >novel. i am excited.
Oh, puh-leaze, as they say. Don't you DARE like that crap. Even worse than Gabin, Louis De Funes is in that horrible, horrible piece of trash (that they play every six months on french tv, to make things worse)
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