there are times when I read a Pynchon sentence or maybe even a page and it's really good. but then there are the other 703 pages of the book that are not as good.
I guess I'm being unfair, but I can only bring myself to read him every few years or so and then I don't do so again for quite a while.
I had a tough time with Gravity's Rainbow. Way over my head. The Crying Of Lot 49 was more my speed.
I found part 1 (the first 150) pages pretty inaccessible, but I stuck with it and part 2 is a little more engaging.
A good friend of mine absolutely loved it and keeps bugging me to read it.
there are times when I read a Pynchon sentence or maybe even a page and it's really good. but then there are the other 703 pages of the book that are not as good.
I guess I'm being unfair, but I can only bring myself to read him every few years or so and then I don't do so again for quite a while.
I get what you mean. Gravity's Rainbow sometimes feels disjointed and the plot wasn't clear to me for a long time.
I don't think it is bad, but that it so detail rich, it is almost like you have to learn how to speak his language. Maybe I enjoy self-inflicted pain.