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[bballgrda]

How to Read “Infinite Jest”

I think everyone should read his short stories. They're astounding.

Pale king and infinite jest are too much for your average reader.

Different book, same truths. I have read everything he's written. The guy had something figured out the rest of us didn't.

The first sentence suggests getting a hard cover copy. What a joke. Can't imagine reading Infinite Jest without a Kindle to navigate the footnotes. Does DFW expect me to work for my entertainment or something?

 

[husky429]

The first sentence suggests getting a hard cover copy. What a joke. Can't imagine reading Infinite Jest without a Kindle to navigate the footnotes. Does DFW expect me to work for my entertainment or something?

I would never get a kindle version on principle.

Just use two bookmarks.

 

[bballgrda]

I would never get a kindle version on principle.

Just use two bookmarks.

It seems my lame attempt at humor was not properly communicated via text. Meh, intlzncster beat me to the point anyways.

Also, what is wrong with the Kindle?

 

[intlzncster]

The first sentence suggests getting a hard cover copy. What a joke. Can't imagine reading Infinite Jest without a Kindle to navigate the footnotes. Does DFW expect me to work for my entertainment or something?

I did it with the old soft cover. In sweltering summer heat no less. Nightmare.




Yes, I' complaining about the physical difficulty of reading a freakin book. 1st world problem.

 

[intlzncster]

My Spanish reading ability is El Mundo. I have a wide vocabulary and can make it comfortably through most things, but literary Spanish is a bit slow for me still. I want to work up to the texts with some lighter fare first. That said, I read Love in the Time of Cholera and really wasn't impressed, so I might no otherwise have taken up Cien Años de Soledad when I worked myself up to more difficult reading, and now I'm inclined to, so thank you.

Check out Shadow of the Wind in Spanish. Not overly difficult prose, but very beautifully crafted.

 

[tzznandrew]

Check out Shadow of the Wind in Spanish. Not overly difficult prose, but very beautifully crafted.

It's in my cart! Thanks!