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> Was it a great book? No. But there is about a 50 page section in the middle that makes the whole damn thing worth it. Could you not read just the good part?
by ebg13 7y ago
> Was it a great book? No. But there is about a 50 page section in the middle that makes the whole damn thing worth it.
Could you not read just the good part?
- vo2maxer 7y agoAny suggestions for “the good part” in Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time? Just kidding ;-)
- loofatoofa 7y agoProust is a perfect analogy, but in 3k pages, proust’s illness becomes less nuanced while dfw’s relates brilliantly to obsession. it shaped the past 2 decades of tv. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doZROwdte4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doZROwdte4