5 Current Writers I’m in Like-a-lot With
7 Current Writers Someone Else is in Love With.
Found this post on Zen Habits, a wonderful Lifehacking blog, and thought I should post my own.
Haruki Murakami - Let’s not mince words… Murakami is a god among writers. His work continues to amaze me with its clever blend of realism and surrealism, his masterful control of plot, and his ability to make you laugh at one moment, and cringe in fear in the next.
David Foster Wallace - His work takes an investment of time, particularly his short fiction, which can be incredibly experimental, but the payoff is worth it. And besides, how many writers can successfully switch between 10-dollar words and phrases like “in the shit”?
Thomas Pynchon - Okay, I still haven’t finished Against the Day, but it his previous novels have been amazing stuff. That he’s still producing, and still matching his previous quality[1] is impressive.
Jose Saramago - Sadly, I’ve only read one of his novels, The Double, but it was an experience. His novels look intimidating, with long, sprawling, multi-clause sentences, and traditional demarcations of dialoge.However, the natural, flowing way he writes is easy to settle into. He feels like a traditional storyteller.
Don DeLilo - Like Saramago, I’ve only read one of his novels, but I picked the essential: White Noise, which is an amazing piece of literature. No novel I’ve read before, or since, deals with the fear of death and paranoia quite like it. I’m anxious to read his post 9/11 novel, Falling Man.
- based on the 3/8ths of AtD I read ↩
