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EastTennesseeDem

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7. Haha, it's NOT Finnegans Wake.

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 05:26 PM

Dec 2012

in that there's an overarching story being told. But it's not easy.

So to answer your original question, I don't really know. It certainly was innovative, although a lot of people probably question whether or not that was a good thing.

If you've read any David Foster Wallace novels (excluding The Pale King), you kind of get a sense of what Gravity's Rainbow is like, only much much more difficult.

Basically, it's just hard to parse. I plan on taking another three or four months with it.

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Anyone read Gravity's Rainbow? I'm about 100 pages in and have just a general question... [View all] EastTennesseeDem Dec 2012 OP

I found Finnegan's Wake to be slightly more comprehensible CBGLuthier Dec 2012 #1

Read it on the heels of Infinite Jest EastTennesseeDem Dec 2012 #3

I have a question about your question. HappyMe Dec 2012 #2

Neither, really EastTennesseeDem Dec 2012 #4

No. That's why I asked. HappyMe Dec 2012 #5

Haha, it's NOT Finnegans Wake. EastTennesseeDem Dec 2012 #7

You're about where I was when I had to give up. Aristus Dec 2012 #6

Same here caraher Dec 2012 #12

That will probably continue sharp_stick Dec 2012 #8

It was THE popular thing to read when I was in graduate school in the 1970s Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #9

Oh, I'm definitely enjoying it... EastTennesseeDem Dec 2012 #10

The FUCK! (Spoiler alert for the part below) Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #11