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Sup /lit/ i want to read Finnegans wake to fit in here, but i only have read Heller and the light novels of haruhi.
I am good to go?

>> No.5357200

Yup. You got this OP!

>> No.5357207

>>5357180
You might have a little further to go however take a look here https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/joyce/james/j8f/index.html

If the first few pages are understandable and entertaining then you are good to go.

>> No.5357227

Thumb each page in the book once a night to get that oft-read look and you're pretty much good. Read up on it online and locate the famous quotes so you know roughly where in the book they are.

Other than that you don't really have to read or anything.

>> No.5357228

No amount of books will prepare you for Finnegans Wake

>> No.5357238

Serious question, if I find this for cheap at a used bookstore is it worth a few dollars? If it's just total jibberish I won't bother, if it's hard but readable though I'll go for it.

>> No.5357248

>>5357238

Good to fire on your bookcase, guaranteed never to be read.

Seriously, this book is fucked lol

>> No.5357254

>>5357180
Joyce just raped the world's largest thesaurus, then scraped up and bound the scrambled chunks of word fetus from the abortion clinic floor.

>> No.5357278

>>5357254
W-w-why would he rape a dinosaur?

>> No.5357287

>>5357227
The only parts of Finnegans Wake that get quoted are the first sentence, and occasionally the last.

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>>5357287

>> No.5357323

>>5357238
Look at the link in >>5357207 and decide whether it would be worth the money

>> No.5357331

>>5357180
Yeah man. Finnegans Wake is definitely one of those books to just dive into without any real reference. Joyce was alright, but it's not nearly as intense as they say. No to say, Witch and the Wardrobe. You should be alright man.

>> No.5357885

>>5357331
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>> No.5357893

>>5357180
Use finwake.com OP.
Makes it far easier.

/lit/ likes to exaggerate the difficulty, you just need a good reference point.
It's a great book and holds some of his best storytelling.

>> No.5357897

>>5357893
*greatly exaggerate