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Plug for Dhalgren ( https://www.amazon.com/Dhalgren-Samuel-R-Delany/dp/0375706682 https://www.amazon.com/Dhalgren-Samuel-R-Delany/dp/037570668... ). I won't cl
by ethbro 9y ago
Plug for Dhalgren ( https://www.amazon.com/Dhalgren-Samuel-R-Delany/dp/0375706682 https://www.amazon.com/Dhalgren-Samuel-R-Delany/dp/037570668... ).
I won't claim it's a great work of English literature, because that's not what my training is in.
But it sure as hell makes my Top 5 "Books I finished a different man than I started."
Disclaimer: I recommend reading it while traveling in a country where you don't speak the native language for full effect.
- bdavisx 9y agoIt's not an easy read. But it's awesome! When you're reading it, consider that the author is a supreme being, and can make the world do whatever he wants, including things that are not possible, because he's a supreme being (and that's what an author is).
- nickynickell 9y agoThe best 879 pages of urgent meaninglessness and near-constant déjà vu ever written. I found picking different starting points on later re-reads rather interesting. For anyone who hasn't read it, Dhalgren is circular, but there are a handful of places where it could start that make about as much sense as starting on page 1. Definitely worth a read, but you'll never figure out how to make that discord on a harmonica.