Posted on 05/19/2025 8:51:43 AM PDT by Borges
What was your issue with TBK?
I have been trying to read Ulysses for 20 some-odd years.
I’ve gotten through Russian writers with more ease.
It’s a heavy slog to get through. I think I made it to around page 250 before I became completely exhausted each time.
The characters and their interactions are so vivid that I find it completely engaging.
I was reading about the song “I am the Walrus”. It seems that John would add in non-sensical stuff or private jokes for fun, to see what the critics might say of the “deep meaning” behind the lyrics.
....robots....
I’ve tried several times. Each time I spend an hour on maybe 1-2 pages. First looking up all the references, then again for the clever wordplay, yet again in admiration of the lyric poetry.
Yet it still manages to walk you through a plot of sorts, like a detailed dream narrated in the rhythm of thought.
Oh, and it’s where the word ‘quark’ comes from
One of my English teachers told me that the whole purpose of “Moby Dick” was to stop time. After that, it all made sense.
“Moby Dick” was still less of a slog than “Walden.” OH, How i hated that book.
I gave up 1/4 way through Gone With The Wind.
(Which isn’t as bad as sleeping through The Guns of Navarone) h/t Dick Van Dyke
Congratulations. You are the winner of the "Summarize Proust in 30 Seconds" contest.
“Shakespeare and Homer are a waste of time?”
Yes
If you speak English and live in an English speaking culture then Shakespeare is in your blood.
Not nearly worth that amount of time.
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