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7332698 No.7332698 [Reply] [Original]

So how is this compared to GR or Ulysses, in terms of difficulty, for a non-native but relatively proficient english speaker?

>> No.7332704

far 'easier' to read for a non-native speaker, though it has its share of anglicisms and complex language

it's also really, really good

>> No.7332727

>>7332704

I'm very interested in reading something by him next in my list. Should I read this or J R first? In the sense that which one is more interesting? not necessarily less difficult.

>> No.7332811

>>7332727
Infinite Jest is His most accessible

>> No.7332964

>>7332698
Not OP but is there anything to read about to enrich the experience of reading The Recognitions?

>> No.7333024

>>7332964
the recognitions

>> No.7333032

>>7332964
Andre Gide's The Counterfeitters and Herman Melville's Confidence Man

>> No.7333034

>>7332964
http://www.williamgaddis.org/recognitions/preface.shtml

>> No.7333626

>>7332964
I'm currently reading this, and based on another anon's advice I read the Duino Elegies, The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot (along with several of his other poems) and Faust by Goethe. All of these have really enriched my reading experience-I'm really loving this book.

>> No.7333664

It's a bit harder to follow than GR, albeit less surreal (most of the time) but is on-key with Ulysses.
>>7332727
R is better than GR.
>>7332964
Everything it alludes to, then his biography.

>> No.7333668

I'm thinking of listening to this on audibook. To you guys think it would translate well?