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>>11170240
no, Gravity's Rainbow is, and it's better than Don Quixote

>> No.11170259

No, it's literally Monsignor Quixote by Greene

>> No.11170261

>>11170240
In what sense?
In comedy i would say Catch-22 is the funniest, but in terms of a protagonist that is lame yet latter on good then i would probably say stoner

>> No.11170269

>>11170247
Disagree. Clarity always wins against incoherence and smug, deliberate obfuscation and Wikipedia-tier knowledge of random tidbits churned out nigh ad infinitum. In this regard Ulysses and Gravity's Rainbow are both sub-par pieces suited only to persons oblivious to the wiles of shallow writers hiding behind "complexity" to mask how empty they are.

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>> No.11170274

>>11170247
>it's better than Don Quixote
You either haven't read Don Quixote, didn't understand it, or only read the first book in high school

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>>11170269
> characters are dumb therefore the author is

>> No.11170291

>>11170279
Never said anything about characters.

>> No.11170379

>>11170247
GR is very good, but it's not the greatest novel ever written. That honor goes to el Quixote.

>> No.11170401

>>11170269
>Ulysses is sub par
Good luck ever being taken seriously in any literary crowd with that faggot opinion

>> No.11170843

>>11170269
>t. gave up after Slothrop's turd voyage

>> No.11170963

>>11170401
The author was a dead white Catholic so this opinion should actually be very popular in literary circles I am afraid. Nevermind, the truth of things one way or the other. Frankly, being taken seriously in literary circles would be an insult anyway.

>> No.11171756

>>11170240
Seriously why is Quixote the greatest novel ever? "its le first modern novel" is not a good answer because being the first at doing something seems like a cheap reason to call something great.

>> No.11171778

>>11170963
“Joyce is bad because he is white”, said no one ever

>> No.11171837

>>11170269
>Clarity
Quixote is needlessly verbose, you would know had you read Quevedo, which you probably haven't, seeing you style yourself as le epin contrarian above the literary circles.

>> No.11171852

>>11171837
>Quevedo
The Spanish Barroque was obtuse on purpose. Cervantes preceeds it. It is not really a verbose novel. Spanish is just a very rich language and using vulgar words can look verbose even if it is crude and vulgar