Posted by Steven
on 16/6/2009, 9:49:07, in reply to "Re: The Crying of Lot 49 and what else I'm reading"
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I enjoyed both Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow. I'm still undecided on re-reading the former for the Yale course. Sterling, I had the same opinion of Glass Bead Game, and can't improve upon your description. I did finish it, but I don't care to read it again.
I haven't done much reading in the last few weeks due to travel and caring for grandchildren. I've been carrying around Dickens' Pickwick Papers for almost a month, but should finally finish it tonight. By coincidence, in Lucerne, Switzerland, I ran across the Pickwick Hotel and Pub.
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: I'm glad you've enjoyed TCoL49 , joffre. You might
: find that you enjoy other works of Pynchon rather than
: GR . Against the Day , for instance, is damnably
: long, but very funny and entertaining.
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: Good luck with your The Scarlet Letter monograph.
: I look forward to reading it and engaging in a
: spirited discussion.
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: I have been attempting to read The Glass Bead Game .
: I read the three short stories, skimmed the poems, and
: waded through about 150 pages of the novel. I am not
: enjoying it. I find it dull, predictable, and trite.
: While I gather that some humor is intended by the dry
: and pompous style, I am not amused. Many years ago, I
: read Siddhartha and Steppenwolf . I was not
: impressed by them at the time. I don't think Hesse is
: for me. Life is too short to waste time reading works
: that do not engage one on any level.
:
: On the other hand, I absolutely loved The Sea . I
: look forward to our discussion. Talking with my
: friends here, I've found that not everyone shares my
: high opinion of the work.
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