Thread 24858094

I live in eastern europe and my only way to get more obscure by usual the usual standards books (which means Dan Brown shit) is through the german amazon/abebooks. And yeah, most of what I look for is there, but damn me to hell if I could find the fucking Tunnel anywhere. My only bet was delivery from the US and 100$ at that for a book, or to wait for Dalkey to rerelease it in April with the zero effort cover they've planned for it (if I collect, it matters to me).


So today I learn that my university has a special American-British library on the roof (it's an old building, awkward to get around) and I go there and head to the American fiction section. Pick up The Recognitions, yeah they have it, but I've seen it twice before and have read it, so... And as I put it back picrel's spine blasts my eyes, it was right next to it and my knees got weak. I picked it up and it's mint condition, never been taken home by anyone, a fresh virgin FIRST EDITION that I'll get to experience Gass' genius with.

>Amerikan viktory

Have you had similar experiences?

>>24858094 (OP)
good for you anon but too bad it's a dogshit novel with way too much alliteration. Also the fact that Gass is self-aware of how masturbatory his prose is does not forgive how masturbatory his prose is. The typographical gimmicks are nice to look at I guess. He is a genius essayist but his fiction kinda fucking sucks and I'm tired of pretending otherwise. But if you like the Tunnel then you like it. Form your own opinion.

>>24858109
stop raining on his parade you stupid woman

>>24858094 (OP)
no I download stuff from internet

>>24858094 (OP)
Man, it'd be a shame if the book got lost somehow.

>>24858109
You know, I heard him read a bit of his first novel on a radio interview as i was commuting and it was really touching, really, but at one point it started getting quite corny. I've read only the first paragraph of the tunnel and found it masterfully written, and yeah - I've seen the typographical penis... I do hope he doesn't go that much overboard in my eyes, perhaps I'll be a bit more biased, given the way it found me at last, but you're also not the first one to mention Gass' self-indulgency. We'll see, I am open to such works.

>>24858094 (OP)
Don't let the retards beat you down anon. I am happy you got a copy of this without having to pay these crazy prices. I was lucky enough to get a first edition for like 12 dollars before it spiked in price. Not sure why this novel is all of sudden popular again.

>>24858109
Wish you weren't right. There are some beautiful sentences in there, but after hundreds of pages with no other redeeming qualities it's a real slog.
Some people love it though and it's worth checking out I guess. I'd probably have loved it if I was a lot younger when I read it.

>>24858094 (OP)
Anna's Archive + e-reader has been a godsend for my broke ass. You should try it out too; I recommend Kobo so you don't have to deal with Amazon bullshit.

>>24858881
I've gone exclusively paperback, especially for larger books

>>24858094 (OP)
Why don't you just move to a normal country?

>>24859549
Patriotism

>>24860069
For what? You're being replaced as we speak.

>>24860121
It is my home, though.

>>24858858
It’s a trenchant insight into Trump’s america

>>24860356
If you're younger than 60 no it's not, it's the Nepali/SEA/Ghanian home.

>>24858094 (OP)
do you live in the capital?

>>24860367
>Migrants are fucking up everything.
>You should become one.

>>24861625
Do you feel brown?