/lit/ - Literature

I’m 273 pages into infinite jest. It’s actually really funny and cripplingly sad. There are these little moments, these few lines every so many pages, that just feel like an utterly intentional personal attack. I’ve been struggling with isolation, unfulfilled potential, escapism, and addiction quite a lot recently. And it makes for an enveloping and uncomfortable experience. I also like footnotes, so it’s been even more fun. I’d recommend it, but not for the meme. If you are trying to read it just for the meme you’d be like me the first time and only get through like 60 pages. The ironic thing is that the books themes are directly targeted at things we anons struggle with, and the fact that it’s been boiled down into “lmao he killed himself” is disappointing.

So now that the dust has settled, will it be part of the canon?

>I have become an infantophile
What did he mean by this?

Reading this for the 3rd time.
How is it so great?

Where would you rank it in a list of the greatest novels of all time? What about in a list of novels in the English language?

*blocks your path*

Why dont we like IJ anymore?

>read the whole thing
>start to read a second time
>Get to page 17
"...standing watch in a mask as Don Gately and I dig up my father's head"


this is truly a book filled with infinite jest!

What was the entertainment?

What's your favorite YA book?

why do we like it so much?

I'm going to read infinite jest, but I feel I need to prepare for it. What should I do before and as I read the book? Should I annotate so I don't get confused or just read it through? any recommending reading before I start?