I just bought it. Do I need to have some previous knowledge about the history of US? I'm not american, I know about the Mason & Dixon line, the conquer of the west and that the line was used to divid the north and the south. Do I need to know more to apreciate this book?

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Anonymous Sat Nov 24 17:57:20 2018 No.12131981 [Reply] [Original]

I just bought it. Do I need to have some previous knowledge about the history of US? I'm not american, I know about the Mason & Dixon line, the conquer of the west and that the line was used to divid the north and the south. Do I need to know more to apreciate this book?

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 24 18:29:14 2018 No.12132088 Yes, but a lot of the historical references can be found on the wiki. If you haven't read The Crying of Lot 49 already, start with that first to familiarise yourself with Pynchon's writing. He's very challenging even for native speakers.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 24 18:38:52 2018 No.12132114 >>12132088 mfw this nigga assumes non-americans are non-native speakers of english

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 24 19:00:33 2018 No.12132200 >>12132114 Sorry, I assumed that OP wasn't because of the slightly weird phrasing and spelling mistakes. I'm British myself.

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