I have heard that Pynchon uses a lot of esoteric subject matter

>>7647148
Among other things he uses a lot of obscure bits of historical information. Like I had no idea who/what Lothar von Trotha, Walter Rathenau, IG Farben, and Phoebus (the 1920s lightbulb cartel) were until I read his books.

it adds more to your reading but isn't necessary
stop making these threads

>>7647148
>esoteric subject matter

dude weed lmao

>>7647253
Somebody hasn't read any Pynchon

It's a device actually to intentionally disorient the reader so they have a shared experience with the equally disoriented and paranoid characters in it.

>>7647277
Lmao bro lemme tell you something. I was reading this vintage edition of Gravity rainbow and tb h I couldn't understand shit, I'm not a smart man you know, I decided to smoke some dank ass kush. So I smoked that shit good and long, got baked as fuck, picked up the book again and I got 100% of the book.
Pynchon is CLEARLY as stoner breh

>>7647290
I could see this as an MDE sketch

>>7647277
>pynchon
>literature

>>7647305
>(You)
>meme

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>>7648666
Fucking saved pic related. Best Pynchon pic i've seen in a while. Also, check 'em, you where a (2) away from a full Bolaño