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Who here has read The Tunnel by Gass and what did you think?im having trouble finding excerpts online so it’s hard to get a feel of what to expect

>> No.14348153

>>14348131
I'll search for the excerpt that made me decide to read it, Anon.

This is quite indicative of what I would judge as the best substance and form in the book.

(if I don't post it within ten minutes I couldn't find it)

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>>14348131
here art thou; tell me what you think:)

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The first sections are intentionally hard to get through, and the alliteration can seem too unnatural at first, but I ended up loving it.

This is just a random page I flipped to.

>> No.14348426

masturbatory but enjoyable
the prose is incredible

>> No.14348572

>>14348131
it's a beautifully written book about nothing, which means it's a waste of time, and it's not even iconoclastic since one of the few morals to take away is "nazis bad"

>> No.14348601

>>14348572
>book about nothing
what is this even supposed to mean?

>> No.14348982

>>14348211
Hysterically funny, you really opened to that randomly?

>> No.14349216

>>14348131
It is a great fucking book. My favourite of all time.
You gotta read it, first 80 pages are hard, but it mellows out towards the rest of the book.

>> No.14349217

>>14348173
I think I could tolerate this writing in short spurts but anything over 500 pgs would make me hesitant.you can tell gass is a writer’s writer but the average reader would get bogged down quickly.

>> No.14349258

Op here.one more question...if I’ve read maximalist tomes like the recognitions, gravity’s rainbow, etc and SoC writing such as Faulkner and “got them” to an acceptable degree, will I struggle with this?

>> No.14349278

>>14348982
Yeah, page 519 I think in my hardcover edition. I love the parts where he talks about his childhood.

>> No.14349287

>>14348601
It's what pseuds say whenever they encounter a book that doesn't follow a conventional beginning-climax-resolution structure.

>> No.14349295

>>14349258
No

>> No.14349302

Sabato's better, prove me wrong

>> No.14349457

>>14349302
You're the only one ranking them. Prove yourself right.

>> No.14350409

>>14348572
>about nothing
That's the beauty of it. It is a book about nothing, but it is also a book about everything. As it says in the first line, "what I'm about to tell you is as long as life". It's the type of book that leaves you thinking about it for a very long time, and on several occasions on my day-to-day life I end up relating to things I read in the book, specially the boring, tedious, stressful or sad things.
As the other anons pointed out, some parts are hard to get through but it's masterfully written, definitely worth it, if you are into this type of book.

>> No.14351885

>>14349217
I quit after 100 pages. Doesn't get any better. Read IJ and GR with little difficulty. Hated the Tunnel.

>> No.14351958

where can I find any videos about it? is the digital version good to read on a kindle 8 gen?

>> No.14352319

>>14351958
I have nothing against kindle, but The Tunnel was really meant to be read as a physical book. Each page is so specifically laid out because of all the weird lineations and the parts where the text literally become images.

>> No.14352984

>>14351885
Try Gaddis

>> No.14354162

>>14352319
pretty much, lots of pages with font and structure changes, ebook version just convert those pages to images, thinking about buying it