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in terms of sheer complexity

>> No.9714168

No.

>> No.9714169

>>9714166
I've been meaning to read that.

>> No.9714250

>>9714166
I don't think so. The plot and cast of characters aren't hard to grasp, it's the vague structure and unstable narrator that make it confusing. It's not particularly complex at all.

>> No.9714766

Would you say its on the same level of complexity as say Ulysses or Gravity's Rainbow

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>>9714166
I hated this book. I put it down after I got 60% through. Not particularly difficult, but tedious because the characters are childish and it dialogue is insufferable (and there is too much of it). I suppose it was a compelling read in the socio/cultural atmosphere of its time, but if you went to a liberal university and went through an exploratory phase of your own, this book won't give you any new revelations.

>> No.9714910

>>9714849
I believe many people put Delany on the same level as Joyce though

>> No.9714944

>>9714910
not even close

>> No.9715589

>>9714766
It is not as complex as either.