/lit/ - Literature

It sounds like a good read and I might pick it up to share and discuss, but am confused about the explanation of the why of the endnotes.

<<The novel includes several hundred endnotes which explain or expound upon points in the story. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Wallace characterized their use as a method of disrupting the linearity of the text while maintaining some sense of narrative cohesion.>>

Why would the author want to disrupt the 'linearity of the text'?

Anyone care to explain the explanation for a /b/ fag new to /lit/?

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