convince me to read for the prose and not for the plot
Convince me to read for the prose and not for the plot
read pynchon and get the appearance of both
Evercince the dwan of Eve.
Don Juan de la Maria Margareta of Middle Eves.
>In the spring when the trees are.
You can only read for the plot once: style rewards endless re-reading.
Dig deep and never be stoned again.
>The phantom of Youth.
>You can only read for the plot once
nigga...
damn, that's true
I mean for example, after you finish The Catcher in the Rye and find out he rapes his sister, Phoebe, the pleasure you get from the plot is largely diminished on the re-read.
Kronos daddy.
>assholes
Him and his father time are one and the same biological time.
>ibf fit
Stop beating a dead meme
Celine
Auster
Salinger
Houellebecq
Don't read fiction, pseud.
Good prose enhances the plot. Going slow and thinking about style, diction and syntax, will enhance your understanding of the work.
Tfw you hear she didn't read Tolstoy.
Non-fiction is all plot though.
>Houellebecq
Not reading houellebecq ironically or to fuck lit first years. baka
Prose is the poor man's way of reading literature. If they tell you that's one of the main reasons why they like a book, then you can be assured you're talking to a retard.
Did Britney really read Ulysses or was it just a photo op?
She's literally reading the blank end paper of Ulysses
But then the majority, or at least the loudest in Veeky Forums are retards!