What did you guys think of this? I thought that it definitely had its good moments but also had a fair share of obnoxious moments.
Also, did anyone understand Church not made with Hands? I admittedly started it, didn't understand shit, and then went on to the next story.
>>7606133
You have to be a white college male to truly get it, sorry.
>>7606141
B-but.. I am familia. Every story was pretty breezy except for that one.
>>7606133
I still laugh about the little part where he screams VICTORY FOR THE FORCES OF DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM whenever he cums. I don't know any reason why, but it makes me laugh every time
I did the same thing desu. I also dropped tri-stan halfway through because i got the point and the style was really grating. Everything else was good tho
>>7606202
It was a slog, what was it all about, it wasn't a parody, wtf was it?
>>7606249
I don't think you can say it was about one thing but the hideous men stuff I took as the tension between new sincerity and the intellectual pick up artistry that we later saw in the character of Oren from IJ
>>7607017
What about that whole "another example of the porousness of certain borders" shit
>>7606133
I liked it best of all his short story collections.
The bathroom attendant story was a great balance of funny/sad.
>>7607785
Utter wank, ripping off the 'cheese symphony', but with a gen x twist.
As for the men, he is hiding behind irony, doing exactly what he professed to deride.
>>7607858
How was he hiding behind irony? Though there was an overt fear of pretentiousness throughout the book and a self-consciousness that got irritating at times, not many of the interviews were what I would call "ironic." And even if they had an ironic tone, Wallace never professed to be in agreement with what they were saying.
