convince me to read for the prose and not for the plot

read pynchon and get the appearance of both

Evercince the dwan of Eve.

Don Juan de la Maria Margareta of Middle Eves.
>In the spring when the trees are.

You can only read for the plot once: style rewards endless re-reading.

Dig deep and never be stoned again.
>The phantom of Youth.

>>8819640
>You can only read for the plot once
nigga...

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>>8819640
damn, that's true

>>8819644
I mean for example, after you finish The Catcher in the Rye and find out he rapes his sister, Phoebe, the pleasure you get from the plot is largely diminished on the re-read.

Kronos daddy.
>assholes

Him and his father time are one and the same biological time.
>ibf fit

>>8819648
Stop beating a dead meme

>>8819565
Celine
Auster
Salinger
Houellebecq

>>8819565
Don't read fiction, pseud.

>>8819565

Good prose enhances the plot. Going slow and thinking about style, diction and syntax, will enhance your understanding of the work.

>>8819565
Tfw you hear she didn't read Tolstoy.

>>8819992
Non-fiction is all plot though.

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>>8819794
>Houellebecq

Not reading houellebecq ironically or to fuck lit first years. baka

Prose is the poor man's way of reading literature. If they tell you that's one of the main reasons why they like a book, then you can be assured you're talking to a retard.

>>8819565
Did Britney really read Ulysses or was it just a photo op?

>>8819565
She's literally reading the blank end paper of Ulysses

>>8820768
But then the majority, or at least the loudest in /lit/ are retards!