/lit/ - Literature

Anyone else finished this? Most difficult book i've read desu. What did you think

alright so I just finished my first Mcelroy and the entire book was a giant gimmick. it left me feeling like I had just read an extremely literary piece of genre fiction (which I guess isn't so bad). there were parts with some really good writing and some added pseudo science bullshit (which I looked up and I'm apparently to stupid to understand). but the gimmick just wasn't all that believable. I feel like the book could have been better without that gimmick. but like I said the gimmick makes it feel like genre fiction. so my question is, do the rest of his books rely heavily on gimmicks? after reading what I just did I feel like they probably do.

How is he not more famous? His books are beautiful. He writes with great style. What do you guys think of Joseph Mcelroy and his writing style? I find his unique hybrid of postmodernism and stream of consciousness very refreshing. This book in particular reminded me of getting into the heads of Joyce's characters. Why haven't you read him yet anon. also go read Gaddis.