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Was this man the greatest American author of his time?

>> No.6431587
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>>6431578

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>>6431587
>

>> No.6431594

Uhh... yes? Of course.

Who even comes close?

>> No.6431601

>>6431594
see >>6431587

>> No.6431606

NO
DISCERNIBLE
TALENT

>> No.6431620

>>6431578

Dead
Faggot
Writer

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>>6431606
>>6431620
Are you guys serious or are you just being cool and ironical?

>> No.6431642

>>6431628
pseuds on lit like to hate things that are popular

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>>6431642
What a bummer. . .

>> No.6431802

>>6431578
I suppose. Who even else is there in his time?

>> No.6431832

>>6431628
"no discernible talent" is just how Harold Bloom described DFW

>> No.6431833

>>6431578
can someone explain to me why Jest gets such high praise? Is it because of it's scope and relatability/empathetic quality?

>> No.6431852

>>6431802
Any other American publishing fiction or non-fiction between 1987 and 2008. You should read more of them if you think Wallace was the best of the lot.

>> No.6431854

>>6431833
It has its moments, and this is coming from someone who isn't a big fan of DFW. He has the ability to create unique and surreal situations in an interesting way, though I think he often fails to express sentiments to the extent he desires. When he does succeed, it's quite impressive (the vegetable's orgasm with the muscles of her mouth involuntarily forming a stupid smile, or when Hal's grandpa fucked his knees up at the exact moment he heard his father's condemnation.

>> No.6431892

>>6431852
The best American novel published in that time is definitely Mason & Dixon.

>> No.6431910

Not just of his time... of all time.

>> No.6431913

>>6431833
It got popular because of its quirky qualities
>It's so long!
>So many footnotes!
>An entire imaginary filmography!

I can't say the supposed empathetic and emotional insights had any impact on me.

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>>6431578
Of his time? Second to Tommy pinecone
After his time he slips to third

>> No.6432012

this man, in my country he is nothing

>> No.6432034

>>6432012
>this man, in my country he is nothing
I can see why, your English classes are shit.

>> No.6432049

>>6431913
Nobody cares if you stopped reading at page 50 m8. Stop being a waste of life and miserable prick forever.

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YES

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no

>> No.6432124

>>6432049
I read the whole thing, 6 or 7 years ago. It was an inventive time filler but not the masterwork some claim it as.

>> No.6432139

>>6431660
i loved this guy in stargate.

>> No.6432159

>>6431802

Vollmann, later Gaddis, DeLillo, Roth, McCarthy, ......

>> No.6433699

>>6432108
He vaporwave now?

>> No.6435858

>>6432012
your english, on this board it is bad

>> No.6435880

>>6433699
vapordave

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Not on your fucking life kid.

>> No.6437685

>>6431578

>rips everything from DeLillo and Pynchon
>gets acclaimed forever by tryhard undergrads who have read fewer than 100 books

that being said a fair number of his essays are amazing.