Is the telephone-book a good book?

It's like reading non-fiction

>>10014145
but it´s way more realisitc than non-fiction

>>10014128
Come on, the middle part of 2666 is not that bad.

>>10014128
I started with the Greeks which is a about a quarter of the way through. Unorthodox.

>>10014154
>phone book from Athens
we should start from here

Too many shallow characters. At most you get their name and a brief description then another character with virtually the same name is introduced.

I was was searching for a dentist that has the virtues of an fitzgeraldian gentleman and this book delivered

>>10014205
>he doesn't get it
The names change subtly throughout the whole novel, which is precisely what makes it fascinating. With minor, nearly unnoticeable changes, we go through every imaginable name and surname combination. It is an extremely bold concept, reminiscent of Terry Riley's and Steve Reich's minimalist compositions, but in book form. It also has certain marxist overtones, since it gives each name exactly as much space as needed. The ways of interpreting this great work are rich and numerous, but I guess a fucking pleb like you can't notice that...

>>10014128
It's too repetitive, it made me disoriented and sleepy. Definitely unique . Probably the height of post-modern literature

>>10014426
Great review. 10014426/10014426

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>>10014128
The New York Times Book Review gave it an 867-5309 out of ten.

>>10014426
You're giving it too much credit. It's postmodern trash, or maybe the start of post-postmodernism since it ignores everything about the structure of a novel. To me, it's basically a list with of some wort of information. And where are you getting marxist from? There's dozens of capitalist ads throughout the whole book. There's no literary value to them at all, it's real advertisement like companies paid for places in the book to place ads. Shit book but you psueds will defend it like the next Ulysses or something.

>>10014128
I thought it was pretty good. The Smith section was a bit long though.