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Anonymous Mon Mar 20 00:43:43 2017 No.9265412 [Reply] [Original]

I have read Lot 49 and now I am about to start this.

Is this a wise move? Should I acquaint myself with other Pynchon before this or will I be fine?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 00:47:29 2017 No.9265425 >>9265412 You will be fine. That was my first pynch. It's a novel your grandfather would like.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 00:57:09 2017 No.9265468 >>9265425 What is this like compared to GR?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 03:43:36 2017 No.9265838 poo

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 05:44:31 2017 No.9266091 >>9265412 i never read this book because i hate america

Anonymous Mon Mar 20 08:50:11 2017 No.9266509

>>9265468
M&D takes place in the 18th c. Times were as vital then but not near so quick as in 20th c post-war Berlin. Humor is therefore raw, less cerebral, more physical. It's the story of two very different guys who find themselves in one another's proximity, because of work, for a very great portion of their adult lives-- and far away from home. It's a wonderful book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 09:00:33 2017 No.9266556 File: 58 KB, 610x343, IMG_0248.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9265412 >starting with CoL49 >not starting with GR >reading M&D next >not proceeding with IV

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 11:26:52 2017 No.9267100 >>9266509 Is it as abstract as GR or more straightforward?

Anonymous Mon Mar 20 12:02:48 2017 No.9267258

>>9267100
More straight-forward. Still vibrant, but more relaxed. There's alot of heart, ultimately, in this book, and Pynchon doesn't try so much to disguise it as he does in the others. After Against the Day, in the majority of its sections, this may be Pynchon's most- how to say it?- comfy book. After finishing it I wasn't in awe, like after GR or V., but rather sad.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 12:05:37 2017 No.9267269 >>9265425 My grandpa reads Tom Clancy and Lee Child

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 15:58:22 2017 No.9268486 >>9265412 2english4me

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 18:34:09 2017 No.9269400 >>9265412 It should be fine. Try to enjoy it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 21:38:34 2017 No.9270431 >>9267258 Thanks lad

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 22:56:20 2017 No.9270727 >>9265412 Just jump right in. This book's really lovely.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 20 23:05:45 2017 No.9270762 >>9267269 My grandpa reads nothing because he'd dead ;_;

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