Book Report-the view so far
I am proud to announce that any day now I will
pass the halfway point in the book I am currently reading:
Against the
Day, by Thomas Pynchon. I highly recommend
this book. At over 1000 pages it is extremely cheap on a per page basis and even
cheaper on a per minute basis. It is that much of a page
turner.
I bought my son a copy for
Christmas (at his request) and when I saw it discounted at BJ's I figured I
should read it too.
The book is
wonderfully well written. Since I started writing this blog I think I have
become more appreciative of good writing, since I realize how hard it is to find
the right word, or turn the right phrase. You can't fault Pynchon on either
score.
I must admit, however, that
overall, reading this book has been a humbling experience. I am almost five
hundred pages into it, and have no idea what it is about. Is it possible that
someone who writes so well has really very little to say? I do not lose hope, I
expect that any day I will experience the delicious pleasure that every reader
has experienced upon getting totally sucked in to a book. No doubt I am missing
something, and I still intend to find it. If I can't figure it out myself, I'll
Google the sucker after I finish it, and let some reviewer explain what I've
just read.
My son, a genuine Harvard
grad, gave up after 300 pages, but I soldier on. At my current rate, distracted
as I am by my own much humbler literary endeavors, I expect to finish sometime
around the 4th of July, meaning I will have two forms of Independence to
celebrate on that day.
Posted: Monday - April 09, 2007 at 08:05 PM