Re: JCO: RE: Winterthurn

You're right about that, Eric.  Many years ago -- late Seventies, early Eighties -- I read a

review or an interview in which she claimed Wonderland was her best novel.  I'd just

finished reading Son of the Morning and had a brief correspondence with her at the

University of Windsor, where whe was working at the time, to appreciatively debate the

issue. I recall that she was very good-natured in her replies.

;

Eric Anderson <erickarl78@hotmail.com> wrote:

I think she speaks about her closeness to the novel in the Franklin Library
edition's introduction to Winterthurn. I can't remember where she might have
referred to it as her best work either. However, I do recall in some
interviews her referring to We Were the Mulvaneys as her best work. I assume
her opinion of her own work fluctuates and she is probably more naturally
inclined to feel close to works she's finished recently.

Eric

>From: "jandsmerritt"
>Reply-To: jco@usfca.edu
>To:
>Subject: JCO: RE: Winterthurn
>Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:02:57 -0500
>
>Hi Tanya:
>
>
> > Recently in a discussion about the thrillers, somebody mentioned
> > JCO having said
> > that she felt Winterthurn was one of her best novels. Do you
&! gt; > know where she
> > might have written or said this?
>
>I think I'm the "somebody" in question. Unfortunately, I can't remember
>exact references. I seem to recall that she wrote this in an afterward,
>possibly to a paperback edition of "Winterthurn", but perhaps to something
>else. Anyway, I'm just about sure that this was something that came out in
>the '80's. And I think she said it in interviews at the time, too. I seem
>to recall coming across a more recent interview in which she also referred
>to it as one of her best works, but again I don't have a reference.
>
>Sorry,
>
>Steve
>
>
>
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