Subject: Re: Oh, well, somebody had to mention it ...
From: Cecilia Baader (ceciliabaader@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Nov 12 2001 - 09:28:37 GMT
--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> I totally understand Franzen's concern, but he'd be in some good company
> on the Oprah list -- Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, etc.
>From The New York Times:
In an interview with Powell's bookstore in Portland, Ore., that was
reprinted on its Web site, Mr. Franzen said, "She's picked some good
books, but she's picked enough schmaltzy, one-dimensional ones that I
cringe, myself, even though I think she's really smart and she's really
fighting the good fight."
And he's *absolutely* correct. Yes, I can list some very fine books that
have been Oprah Selections: Wally Lamb, Toni Morrison, Toni Morrison, Toni
Morrison. But then, I can list some very, well, "schmaltzy" ones: Anita
Schreve, Tanni O'Dell.
>Plus, it'd help his book sell tons :)
The New York Times Bestseller List
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. DESECRATION, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
2. THE KISS, by Danielle Steel
3. THE SIGMA PROTOCOL, by Robert Ludlum
4. THE CORRECTIONS, by Jonathan Franzen
5. ISLE OF DOGS, by Patricia Cornwell
Wouldn't this be a fun topic: let's discuss the sorry state of the
bestseller list.
For those of you who are wondering if it's all worth it, the first
chapter, from The New York Times (you'll have to register to read it):
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/magazine/02FRANZEN-CH1.html
This whole thing's got me laughing up my sleeve.
Regards,
Cecilia.
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