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14675747 No.14675747 [Reply] [Original]

>Alan Moore is the James Joyce of our generation. Jerusalem is amazing.

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>> No.14675764

who are you quoting? I read the first chapter. does it get any better? doesn't seem very interesting.

>> No.14675776

>>14675747
Sell it to me. Make me buy it.

>> No.14675789

>>14675776
>Begging comparisons to Tolstoy and Joyce, this magnificent, sprawling cosmic epic by Alan Moore takes its place among the most notable works of contemporary English literature. In decaying Northampton, eternity loiters between housing projects. Among saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts, a timeline unravels: second-century fiends wait in urine-scented stairwells, delinquent specters undermine a century with tunnels, and in upstairs parlors, laborers with golden blood reduce fate to a snooker tournament. Through the labyrinthine streets and pages of Jerusalem tread ghosts singing hymns of wealth and poverty. They celebrate the English language, challenge mortality post-Einstein, and insist upon their slum as Blake’s eternal holy city.

>> No.14675807

>>14675789
>challenge mortality post-Einstein
I didn't understand that part.

>> No.14675836

>>14675807
It only makes sense in the context of the book.

>> No.14675853

>>14675836
Well, I'll ask my wife's boyfriend to buy it.

>> No.14675880

>>14675764

He's quoting me from a previous thread about Watchmen. I'm honored OP and I agree.

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14675967

Or the Alasdair Gary of our generation?
Or is Alasdair Gray the Harvey Pikar of his day?

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14675979

...But Francesco Colonna was the Joyce of his day, surely?

>> No.14676355

>>14675979
>...But Francesco Colonna was the Joyce of his day, surely?
Based

>> No.14676372

>>14675747
>this author is our generation's J O Y C E
How many times will this comparison be made. It has lost all value.

>> No.14676404

Joyce wrote pretentious garbage. Calling someone the Joyce of our generation isn't a recommendation.

>> No.14676540

>>14676372
Well Ulysses IS the Dark Souls of literature.

>> No.14676574

>>14675747

I'm gonna have to go with literally who?

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>>14676574