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These sorts of debates are silly. "Gravity's Rainbow" deserved the Pulitzer. Even the Pulitzer committee thought so. Yet it didn't get it. Awards are not real
by seanhunter 7y ago
These sorts of debates are silly. "Gravity's Rainbow" deserved the Pulitzer. Even the Pulitzer committee thought so. Yet it didn't get it.
Awards are not really a meaningful way of recognizing the merit of any kind of artistic endeavour. Sometimes they get it right, but often they do not.
- throwaway_pdp09 7y agoI'd heard GR was so great, tried to read it, abandoned it just a few pages in. Having watched too many award winning/artistically acclaimed films too, I now know to stay away from them. Seems they're more about the critics getting one up on someone than is it actually worth spending time on.
- seanhunter 7y agoIt's amazing but a pretty tough intro to Pynchon. If you're going to read him I would recommend "The Crying of Lot 49" (a fun short novel) or "Slow Learner" (A set of short stories). "Inherent Vice" would maybe be a fun one to start with too. It's not for everyone in any case. One of my best friends jokes about the fact that every time I say I like a book, for a while she would buy it, read a chapter, hate it and not read any more.
- currymj 7y agothere's a few points where people tend to give up on it. i myself stopped reading it twice at the giant cocaine adenoid, and again when the man chases the harmonica into the toilet. never finished it.