In all honesty, this is a masterpiece that will stand the test of time even better than Infinite Jest or other contemporary classics.In due time it will be regarded as DFW’s magnum opus
>>25227104David Foster Wallace fanboys love to read a total of 20 books and then declare Wallace is the peak of literature.
>>2522711420 books? DFW has written that many? I thought I had read all he had! (I've only read him)He is peak!
>>25227114When did I declare that? He isn’t. But among the so-called postmodernists he is surely among the best.
>>25227104I'm pretty hesitant to read books published posthumously from notes and cobbled together by editors or a descendent or whoever. It seems like there's a good chance it won't stay true to the author's vision.
>>25227119>But among the so-called postmodernists he is surely among the best.man, what the hell are you going on about?
>>25227127>he asks, posting the reddit frog
>>25227104I only read that and not IJ. If you really liked TPK I would recommend ‘The Hermit’ by Ionesco which has some similar themes
>>25227119>masterpiece that will stand the test
>>25227137what even are these "so-called postmodernists"?
>>25227146The question still stands. >>25227149The authors who are attributed to the postmodernist movement.
>>25227157>the postmodernist movementOh, there's a "postmodernist movement" now? who would've thonk?
>>25227163it's all just post-structuralism thrown into a bag without much thought. Artists are like that.
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>>25227123Generally I would agree but in fairness Wallace left the unfinished manuscript arranged very purposefully for it to be found with the intention that it would be read and published so this one is an exception in my view
>>25227104>magnum opus
>>25227104YupThis is will bore the ass of high school students in 100 years
>>25227599You can barely get people to acknowledge DFW was a prominent figure these days. None of his shit is lasting 100 years.
