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This review reminded me of "How to Read a Book", specifically the getting more out of it with each reading. It might be hard to fathom with most of today's medi
by npsimons 9y ago
This review reminded me of "How to Read a Book", specifically the getting more out of it with each reading. It might be hard to fathom with most of today's mediocre fiction, but there's a reason some books are classics and end up on lists of what books someone would take to a desert island.
- noobly 9y agoGreat book! Adler really changed my perspective quickly in that short read and addressed many problems I've encountered. Imo, it was rather lacking in the techniques for reading fiction, and Nabokov has some excellent insight in this domain in his "Lectures on Literature" series (which I have admittedly only yet read small portions of). There's an algorithm[0] I stumbled upon that I refer to often that was derived from Adler's book, might as well share it. 0: https://pastebin.com/wGFMM1pZ https://pastebin.com/wGFMM1pZ