which one do i read first?
1. women & men
2. infinite jest
3. grav rainbow
4. brothers k
5.2666
pls respond
>>7509379
W&M is almost two times longer than IJ.
Start with that
Start with the Greeks.
brothers k, then gravity's rainbow. The rest are good but not really essential
Read Infinite Jest five times.
>>7509384
isnt it only like 100 pages longer?
who the fuck cares
fuck off
>>7509379
You start with Tundra just like everyone else here did.
>>7509379
Read Dostoyevsky's better works, both shorter works and long novels, along with a story collection and an essay collection by Wallace. Then read TBK and IJ alongside each other, noting the influence of the former on the latter.
You should read Brothers Karamazov and dump the rest
>approaching women and men when you haven't even touched those other novels
are you fucking retarded
Women and Men was harder to read than fucking J R
2666 -> The Recognitions -> Women and Men
>>7509407
Are newfags just now finding out about this
>>7509379
brothers k->gravity's rainbow->infinite jest->2666->women and men
>>7509433
Agreed, don't touch Women and Men until you are basically through the entire fucking Western Canon
Start with the one closest to your current location
To everyone here who has read Women and Men: does it live up to the hype? I'm reading 2666, and I've heard nothing but good things about Gaddis, but Women and Men is a commitment on a whole different level.
Absolutely 2666, enough said
>>7510151
It's rubbish.
>>7509379
Women & Men is incomprehensible as well as one of the longest novels in history. If someone tells you they've read it, that person is not to be trusted. They don't actually like to read books, they just like to finish them.
what makes w&m so hard to understand? is it the prose? ive heard that there is a part of the book narrated by a bird and stuff like that.
>>7509379
read pic related instead
>>7510151
No one here has actually read women and men. Seriously, try and find a copy
>>7512436
I have an epub, and from the first few pages I've read it seems very very good. The writing is excellent.
