Originally Posted By Paul F

What have you just read?


Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon - this book was claimed (but denied) as a big influence on David Foster Wallace, especially his earlier novels. Not quite as poetic as Wallace imho, but just as vast in its scope.

Just started reading Mein Kampf, out of curiosity about the recent Institute of Contemporary History reprint. I knew it would be a harrowing read, and two chapters in it is - but not yet for the reasons I anticipated. I expected the incoherent ramblings of a monster, what I found was a very self-aware and well-written insight from a young guy figuring out what he thought about the world. There is a very genuine human concern for other people, especially the poor. The unfathomable tragedy is how this led to the poison of the later chapters.



Stuart
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