Anonymous
7/16/2025, 11:59:18 PM No.24556342
i don't get it
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this is not a novel by david markson - /lit/ (#24556342) [Archived: 232 hours ago]
Anonymous
7/17/2025, 12:07:12 AM No.24556372
>>24556352
new as in recently published? no, it was first published in 2001
new as in I just got it? yea
new as in recently published? no, it was first published in 2001
new as in I just got it? yea
Anonymous
7/17/2025, 1:19:00 AM No.24556579
>>24556342 (OP)
How is it? I enjoyed Wittgenstein's Mistress
How is it? I enjoyed Wittgenstein's Mistress
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Anonymous
7/17/2025, 2:57:22 AM No.24556817
>>24556579
I'm really enjoying it. My first Markson book. Took my a little while understanding what was actually going on, but it's so enjoyable and funny that I didn't really mind the confussion lol. It's quite an interesting postmodern experiment and I like that it doesn't feel like a PoMo pretentious slog. It doesn't take itself too serious I Think.
How was Wittgenstein's Mistress? why did you like it?
I'm really enjoying it. My first Markson book. Took my a little while understanding what was actually going on, but it's so enjoyable and funny that I didn't really mind the confussion lol. It's quite an interesting postmodern experiment and I like that it doesn't feel like a PoMo pretentious slog. It doesn't take itself too serious I Think.
How was Wittgenstein's Mistress? why did you like it?
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Anonymous
7/17/2025, 3:22:26 AM No.24556873
>>24556342 (OP)
interesting cover
interesting cover
Anonymous
7/17/2025, 3:49:36 AM No.24556966
>>24556817
At the time, it was different to anything I'd ever read. Still is, I suppose. It's the only Markson I've read, but I'll be keeping an eye out for this one now.
At the time, it was different to anything I'd ever read. Still is, I suppose. It's the only Markson I've read, but I'll be keeping an eye out for this one now.
Anonymouṡ
7/17/2025, 10:48:04 AM No.24557835
>>24556342 (OP)
He's OK, but I found his constant liberal pro-Jewish bias more and more grating the more I read. (It’s also startling how blinkered he is when it comes to science, technology, mathematics, etc. The grown-ups who build and run the world might as well not exist for all he cares.)
Wittgenstein's Mistress (just about) works as a narrative, but after that, meh. The later books are more valuable as a compendium of interesting factoids than as a straight reading experience. I got Reader's Block, Last Novel & This Is Not A Novel and just cut them up and sorted everything by categories (ARTISTS CRITICIZE ARTISTS / ARTISTS PRAISE ARTISTS / ARTISTS & POVERTY / etc). In this form they're moderately fun and useful.
He's OK, but I found his constant liberal pro-Jewish bias more and more grating the more I read. (It’s also startling how blinkered he is when it comes to science, technology, mathematics, etc. The grown-ups who build and run the world might as well not exist for all he cares.)
Wittgenstein's Mistress (just about) works as a narrative, but after that, meh. The later books are more valuable as a compendium of interesting factoids than as a straight reading experience. I got Reader's Block, Last Novel & This Is Not A Novel and just cut them up and sorted everything by categories (ARTISTS CRITICIZE ARTISTS / ARTISTS PRAISE ARTISTS / ARTISTS & POVERTY / etc). In this form they're moderately fun and useful.
Anonymous
7/17/2025, 7:48:33 PM No.24558928
>>24556579
Good
Good