Can’t put him down

SOME critics have said that Kurt Vonnegut’s writing was not literature because it was so accessible. In Sunday’s Calendar, there was an article about Roberto Bolano, who has been receiving a lot of attention lately [“Way Beyond Magical Realism,” April 15].

I have read most of Vonnegut’s novels and enjoyed the writing and his messages. I tried to read “The Savage Detectives” and found it to be completely unreadable, thoroughly pretentious and incomprehensible.

What is the point of great writing if we can’t slog through it? Shouldn’t great literature be accessible? There’s plenty to discuss and ponder in Vonnegut’s works, while also simply enjoying the story.

CAROL MAY

Los Angeles