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I don't have a problem with Gogol. "The Nose" is a particular favorite of mine.
Like, what the hell does this even mean.
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.Isn't that, like, Welsh or something?
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Well, if it's anything, it's Irish.
I don't think Joyce spoke Gaelic though.
But, look, Finnegan's Wake is what a man is thinking while dreaming. Or Joyce's idea of it. And other brain busting stuff I couldn't possibly fathom.
It comes in and out of intelligibility. Like the rest of us.
might be an inhalation and an exhalation.(bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronn tuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnu k!)
Well, Finnegans Wake is indeed "hard to read" - it was an experiment of author who have forgotten what some parts of his magnum opus mean when he finished it. One may still want to read it (to the extent of one's abilities) if enjoys what can be done with language.While I have heard of a number of the authors, I have never read any of these books,
Has anybody read any of them and did they find them difficult to read, and what books have you found difficult to read?
Well, then you will certainly be bored with aforementioned titles. Lord of the Rings is quite easy to read book.Personally I never could finish the Lord of the Rings.
I really, really hate James Joyce's works,. All of them.
Still you read more than one?
IIRC, A portrait of an Artist as a Young Man wasn't bad. Although, it's almost 20 years since I read it as a teen, and might find it incredibly self centered now (as the name suggests).
The Great War forced a complete reevaluation and rewrite of the book. The original work was significantly funnier and shorter.Almost makes me happy that WW1 happened and the era that produced that thing ended!
The Great War forced a complete reevaluation and rewrite of the book. The original work was significantly funnier and shorter.
I'm not totally sure that Mann thought the old Europe deserved much sympathy, but then again, it's been ages since I read Der Zauberberg and, I'm not gonna lie, I didn't retain much.Ah, ok, so the bleakness comes from the war and breakdown of the old society? Right, it makes a little more sense that way at least. Doesn't paint it as something deserving of sympathy, though, at least not for me reading the book in a different era.
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Also, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance made me want to scream. Couldn't stand it.
I've often meant to read Zen and Art of M/c but never got round to it. Other people have told me it's not really worth it.
Yes, mine too. Very hard to make any sense of it though. I very much doubt he intended it to make sense.
In my opinion, he's in a class of his own.
The only writers I would compare him to, however tenuously, are Italo Calvino, and (possibly) Borges. Though the ideas of Borges are vastly more complex.
Roger Penrose The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe has sat on my bookcase since 2004 with a bookmark at page 346 (of 1094 total) for a reason I cannot remember.