kevin

the affectations/the degradations/the ramifications

the first chapter was pretty killer. the ending hit the spot.

like self-aware Ignatius Reilly talking to himself.

some good parts in the last 40 pages.

I was mostly half-asleep.

Pairs well with Tim Hecker.

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“every beloved object is the center of a garden of paradise”

well, the end made a sucker of me.

getting burnt

4/5 silly, 1/5 heavy

5 stars for the smell of old pages.

an ebb and flow of contempt and sympathy. ..mostly contempt.

“snake eating tail”

swirling tangents

or

aphorisms, adages, and epigrams.

let's dance

my copy repeats pages 53-68. misprint or borges invention?

I bought this book on August 6th, 2006 at 10:24am.

I still had scholastic hopes, then.

feels superficial.


“Neruda” is a strange movie, maybe worth a watch.

?!?

guilt and duty equals ?

not cynical.

🇷🇺

🕐🕑🕒🕓 ... 🔫 ??


I've had this book for quite a while, now, and it's finally complete.

well, the second-person instructional style for some of the stories was interesting, but the novelty wore off in the middle of the second story that used it.

I really enjoyed the epigraphs.

lost me a little, there, nabokov..

💧➡️👁️

first read-through to pg. 349.

If it isn't already, this should be required high-school reading (second semester freshmen year).