/lit/ - Literature

hey /lit/

what do you think is the most touching/affecting episode in this book? I know it gets memed a lot for the naughty racist words, the poo, BDSM, etc. But do you think there are moments that we might consider genuinely tragic?

Moments such as the Pökler episode, Jessica and Mexico breaking up, Enzian and Tchitcherine passing one another in the night, etc.

Let me know what you think. Alternatively, perhaps it all reads as low-brow shit to you. I'd equally like to hear those opinions.

What is /lit's favourite episode in Gravity's Rainbow?

Personally, I'd say the description of the breakup between Mexico and Jessica. A moment of absolute sincerity in a whirlpool of detritus.

He hadn’t thought he’d cry when she left. But he cried. Snot by the cubic yard, eyes like red carnations’