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A New Yorker "Shouts and Murmurs" piece mentions Infinite Jest: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/what-i-have-in-common-with-trump https://www.newy
by everybodyknows 8y ago
A New Yorker "Shouts and Murmurs" piece mentions Infinite Jest:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/what-i-have-in-common-with-trump https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/what-i-have-in...
FWIW, I've only read the first 1/3 of IJ, and much of it is now burnt into my memory like the scars of a branding iron. Resolved to never pick up the book again.
- codq 8y agoEven more recent and relevant: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/05/how-to-read-infinite-jest https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/05/how-to-read-in...
- sanderjd 8y agoPersonally, that is exactly what made me decide that I actually loved Infinite Jest. I was deeply unsure what I thought about it. But it was indelible, I found it popping back into my thoughts constantly over the next few months, even (or especially) while reading other, less memorable, novels. Still, many years later, there are a bunch of specific scenes and themes that I find myself thinking about. I particularly think its vision of addiction in a broad sense is spot on and was ahead of its time.