Is this worth reading? Is it as difficult as everyone says it

what do you need to read before it?

>>8885276
if you understood mason and dixon you are fine. might have to Google translate some sentences and google specific artists but that's it. it's worth reading for sure. the themes might actually be more relevant now then when the book was made. it's also really funny. J R is better though.

>>8885323
nothing stop asking this stupid question all the time.

Is it cheap again, btw.

>>8885615
Yeah, I did see $15-18 copies again on book depository the other day.

>>8885276
its not difficult pynchon is tougher

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>>8885276
If you can manage Mason & Dixon then you can read The Recognitions no problem.

Gaddis' vocabulary is fairly large and he pulls of some complex syntactical structures but biggest hurdle by far is the densely emplyed art and religious history references. But as long as you can do the leg work when you need to and aren't content to roll over let a "guide" do all the work for you then really its not a big deal.