Why is this so good?

Why don't you tell us?

huh, i knew lydia davis wanted to translate the title of swann's way like that but that penguin denied her. i didnt know the uk branch of penguin acquiesced.

>>9316308
It only gets better..

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>>9316308
Because of all the work he put into it.

>>9316308
What is so good about it? I've been thinking about diving into it since I finished Ulysses

>>9316308
I was choosing a book from audible (free credit day arrived) and I clicked on the sample for this book. First encounter, segment out of context, drawn in deep.

It's very subjective and emotionally tender. The antidote to so much hard as nails sensory american lit.

>>9316308
Because you don't know any better.

>>9316809
The sound of one hand clapping..

cause he was honest and unpretentious.

he was an authentically sensitive and quirky person, so when he wrote, that shone through well. You find yourself laughing out loud and then feeling your heart moved by the guy.

most who try to imitate him, however, are not like that. they're insensitive and normal. So when they try to be weird, it falls flat

>>9316648
You are literally Proust

>>9316322
Her translation is fantastic btw

I swear to God this is the unofficial meme book. It's so much worse than any of the big 'uns.

it's long therefore it's gud

>read the first pee poo book a couple weeks ago
>Can't be fucked to read the rest of the poo book
It sucked