It's been a few years since I read the book but I found it a very rewarding read at the time. Despite the stated purpose, this article just strikes me as missing the point entirely. The value of reading DFW... is in reading DFW. And he's one of the few where I don't think audiobooks are really appropriate to the work. If you don't want to commit to a ~1,000 page novel, then that's perfectly ok. He has some wonderful collections of short stories and essays, and there is always the classic introduction via his This is Water speech.
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It's been a few years since I read the book but I found it a very rewarding read at the time. Despite the stated purpose, this article just strikes me as missing the point entirely. The value of reading DFW... is in reading DFW. And he's one of the few where I don't think audiobooks are really appropriate to the work. If you don't want to commit to a ~1,000 page novel, then that's perfectly ok. He has some wonderful collections of short stories and essays, and there is always the classic introduction via his This is Water speech.
It's been a few years since I read the book but I found it a very rewarding read at the time. Despite the stated purpose, this article just strikes me as missing the point entirely. The value of reading DFW... is in reading DFW. And he's one of the few where I don't think audiobooks are really appropriate to the work. If you don't want to commit to a ~1,000 page novel, then that's perfectly ok. He has some wonderful collections of short stories and essays, and there is always the classic introduction via his This is Water speech.
It's been a few years since I read the book but I found it a very rewarding read at the time. Despite the stated purpose, this article just strikes me as missing the point entirely. The value of reading DFW... is in reading DFW. And he's one of the few where I don't think audiobooks are really appropriate to the work. If you don't want to commit to a ~1,000 page novel, then that's perfectly ok. He has some wonderful collections of short stories and essays, and there is always the classic introduction via his This is Water speech.