Category: Literature
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Infinite Adventure: The Year of Infinite Jest
This year will be the year that I read Infinite Jest. I’ve been planning to do this on and off for ages, but now it finally feels like the right time. Normally I read a lot – I’ve always got a book on the go, but for the past 3-4 weeks I’ve been finding it…
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Jonathan Franzen; Pain Won’t Kill You
There may be a superficial similarity between revising a piece of fiction and revising your web page or your Facebook profile; bug a page of prose doesn’t have those slick graphics to help bolster your self-image. If you’re moved to try to return the gift that other people’s fiction represents for you, you eventually can’t…