Saturday, June 22, 2019

The Crying of Lot 49

When I was in my early 20's I read a bit of postmodern literature.  I read some John Barth and I read this.  I read The Crying of Lot 49 because it was short.  Back in the days, I used to avoid books that were over 300 pages.  I found them too much of a challenge. My attention would wander. Now I don't have that problem at all.  I remember liking it so I read it fifteen years later.  I still enjoyed it.  It's kind of like a postmodern Alice in Wonderland.  A woman finds out about a secret postal service and it leads her down a rabbit hole.  I enjoyed the band obviously a parody of The Beatles.  I like The Beatles too.  One of these days now that long books don't overwhelm me anymore I got to read Gravity's Rainbow.  I bought it and put it on the bookshelf.  It's just waiting for the read.

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