>start a new chapter >peek ahead to see how long it is

>see superscript for a footnote
>find the page
>the footnote is 30 pages long

>there are no chapters
>there are no divisions
>it's 200 pages of non-interrupted text

>start reading a new sentence in Proust's A la Recherche
>peek ahead to see how many pages it is
>40 pages

>>9785218
>see superscript for a footnote on your e-reader
>spend the next five minutes trying to hit it with your fat fingers

>>9785225
>no paragraph breaks
>no punctuation
>no capitalization
>it's a stream of consciousness work by a schizophrenic
>why was this in my mailbox?
>brother calls me downstairs
>from my brother's room: that's not me! don't go downstairs!

>Read single paragraph
>Forget paragraph
>Read paragraph again

>>9785225
Bolano pls

>>9785238
>love highlighting on kindle
>get new paperwhite
try to highlight
>my fat fucking fingers highlight everything on the fucking page
my font is small because I'm not blind, but I just enlarge the text before highlighting now. still. annoying.

>>9785218
>Long footnote
>The footnote has a footnote
>Giant essay about Quebecers jumping in front of trains

Boy that was a slog I'll tell you what

>>9785225
t. Thomas Bernhard

>>9785229
Proust really knew how to keep the reader engaged. Can't really put the book down when the sentence goes on for another three damn pages.

>>9785229
>Reading Proust
>see obnoxiously long sentence
>pull out my pen and insert my own periods and capitalization
Sorry, you're a good writer, but I don't have time for your autistic bullshit

>>9785340
>don't have time
>autistic bullshit
>pull out my pen and insert my own periods and capitalization
hmmmmm....

>>9785346
BTFO