Is this book difficult? I certainly think it is, but I want to

>>9722395
no, not really t b h my lad. just keep reading it gets easier

>>9722395
I read it very soon after I started reading and it took me a long time to get through, especially for a novella. It's been a while since then I should reread it soon.

>>9722395
Are you reading this in english? It might be easier to read in norwegian if you're from Norway. (they only seem to sell the damned english version in Norway)

>>9722420
I am reading it in English.

This is very weird to me, as I read it in a day in Norwegian. I don't consider myself a good or a fast reader either.
Maybe a lot of the concepts/words are not that known in the english sphere? Is the translation shit?

>>9722449
I think that norwegian is just a simpler language lol.

This book is one of my wishes to read soon, I'll read it in portuguese.

i read it in portuguese, it was not all that hard but i read it between pauses -- read part 1 in a day, had 3 day to recover myself; read part 2 in a day, stopped for a week; read part 3 in a day, stopped for a month; read half of part 4, closed the book because i could not sustain so much relatable suffering, finished the book the next day). it was psychologically hard for me

Read it in spanish when I was 15, took me less than two weeks. I don't remember much about it but I did like it. You do have to take breaks from it sometimes

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Hijacking your thread, OP. For us monolingual plebs, which translation is recommended for Growth of the Soil? I read Worster's a while ago and enjoyed it, but I'd like to hear /lit/'s opinion.

>>9722720
I've read that version too. I found it really clear and concise. I'd almost describe the sentences as sparse, which I liked.

I don't know why op finds it difficult

I didn't finish it mostly because it's a very unpleasant read and kind of one-dimensional compared to Notes from the Underground.

>>9722395
the writing is really dense and neurotic. I don't blame you. it's a great book though. the protag is an anti-hero of sorts. just keep trucking. even if you don't like the writing, conceptually it's a really interesting book.

>>9722395
It's not that hard, and it's not that good. I came to from Bukowski, years and years ago. And, Bukowski I think is shit writing now.

Wtf is going on itt

>>9722462
Pick up Drummond's translation.

>>9722395
I bought and started with enthusiasm but dropped it 60 or 70 pages in. I found it boring and the prose wasn't anything special. But I don't think the prose was difficult.

I'l have to revisit it eventually.

test

>>9722395
Huh. I thought it was funny in a spergy way.

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bro this was the second book I read from lit recs and I finished it over a weekend

>>9723612
me too, although at different points it was hauntingly sad.