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avanta7 ([personal profile] avanta7) wrote2007-06-13 10:17 pm
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"I'm not smart enough to read this book."

Ever said that to yourself?

I said it last night while reading Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. Makes me glad I tackled this itty-bitty novel rather than taking on Gravity's Rainbow or some such. Oh, I like the story, and I'll even finish it, but there's so much going on beneath the surface that I know I'm missing nuances galore.

[identity profile] bunrab.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
I've never felt smart enough to read Pynchon. Or Umberto Eco either.