Gaddis is kinda good in places but the overall didn't come together for me. I really want to tackle JR tho'.
Love Highsmith but that's not her best book (of the ones I've read, which aren't enough). Fucking great writer tho'.
xp = technique for Nabokov is inseparable to aesthetic pleasure you can gain from a work. This all comes apart in Dostoevsky.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
It also is for me nine times out of ten, yet his strikes me as superficial. Oh well.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
I read "Lolita" a long time ago but don't remember it very well. I've had "The Recognitions" on my bookshelves for the longest time. I started it once. Maybe someday. For me, this would probably be "The Magician's Nephew" which is my favorite of the Narnia books, because the most sci-fi. It reminds me of "A Wrinkle in Time".
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 4 April 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 5 April 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1956
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 5 April 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
I confess that I really like The Recognitions (and Gaddis generally) but it's hard to argue when Lolita is in the mix.
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 22 April 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link