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I just finished this novel for my 400 level, American Lit after 1945 class.

I feel like an idiot because it made almost no sense to me.

>> No.694174

Dr Hillarious

>> No.694192
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694192

>> No.694205

>>694171
I didn't understand it either.

>> No.694209

It would help if he wrote in coherent sentences.

>> No.694214

I hate Pynchon.

BAW AMERICA IS A CAPITALISTIC MACHINE AND WE'VE ALL GONE DOWN THE WRONG PATH AMERICA WAS PROMISED.

>> No.694265

What didn't you get, exactly? It was a pretty linear story.

>> No.694359

The point is that the book leads up to a last page that is going to reveal wether the woman is really fallen into a vast conspiracy or whether she was just getting trolled by a dead rich guy. And then the book doesn't tell you. So it's ambiguous.

>> No.694371

>>694214

That's not Pynchon you read.

>> No.694531

>>69435
what if pynchon just wrote the entire thing to troll us.
also while i wasn't very fond of the book the synopsis on the back was fucking brilliant

>> No.694532

>>694359
That's the whole point? I got that...I thought there was supposed to be something more..