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V. Is one of the most intriguing novels of the 20th century. Pynchon walks a fine line between lunacy and lucidity.
Some think he is the greatest writer since the second world war, others think he's unreadable. Although brilliantly written, with incredible prose, v. Amp;d is a masterpiece.
The novel provides two endings with the use of an epilogue. Both endings provide a sense of futility. We all stumble through life just reacting and living our lives and when it is all over we have a story. The good the bad, the silly the mundane the t... Read More
The joy of the book are the characters, their lives whether well lived or not, their foibles and their less than laudable qualities. For those who enjoy immersing themselves in a book there are few books i can recommend above v. A meaty, densely-descr... Read More
Certain ruminations on something v-related. V falls somewhere between the magus and catch 22 in its irreverence and wild black humor. V anticipates delillo in its fertile paranoia. V is a challenging must-read postwar american whirlwind.
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Quality
The novel provides two endings with the use of an epilogue
One wonders in what way pynchons new york of the fifties shares this quality the presenttense tale that ties it all together
I did not know anything about pynchon and did not know what i was getting into with the novel
Do not be so concerned with the crew stories or the poemsjust read them throughthey do not really add that much to the story
Price
But the journey is definitely worth the price
Is the idea of mechanization and routinization
Packaging/appearance
” peering off into the gloaming i saw distant lightning flickering continuously behind clouds and it looked like someone had fo... Read More
Competitiveness
Also a cunning satire of the world ofintellectual preserved prominent disdain versus the world of the streetsmart loser
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And the seemingly jumbled plot actually coheres and focuses on but never really solves the identity of v
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What thosewhoare would prefer women to exist as
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Perhaps some readers try too hard to figure it all out as they read through the novel
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If you really want to get it you should probably read it more than once
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If you dont enjoy it the first time simply reading for enjoyments sake then dont go back to try to figure it all out
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However if you cant enjoy episodes like the suck hour of the first chapter or the alligator in the sewer then the book just isnt for you
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Some of us love it some of us hate it
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Is indeed dense and encyclopedic at times but if you cant get a laugh out of the first few chapters dont even bother finishing it
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