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Against the Day
Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year Spanning the era between the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, and constantly moving between locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all), Against the Day unfolds with a phantasmagoria of characters that includes anarchists, balloonists, gamblers, drug enthusiasts, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, spies, and hired guns. As an era of uncertainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these folks are mostly just trying to pursue their lives. Sometimes they manage to catch up; sometimes its their lives that pursue them.
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Jari-chan
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Thanks to a new working schedule I could do a lot of #audioworking and finished this 53 hour audio book earlier than expected.

To me it was a perfect mix of War And Peace and Ulysses. It was a lot of characters, a lot of things going on and a hint of Magical Realism. Fictional characters go along with those who really existed. Tragedies happen, funny dialogues happen and I don't even try to remember all of it 😂

@TheAromaofBooks #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Leftcoastzen
Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon
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📖Against the Day ( though I haven‘t read it)
🖋Margaret Atwood
📽American Graffiti
🐜Adam Ant
🎼American Girl Tom Petty
#ManicMonday #LetterA

JoScho Thanks for playing 💕😊 4y
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Mcoun
Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon
Bailedbailed

Alas, I give up! There are far too many good books waiting for me to continue slogging through 900+ pages that I just don‘t get. Like Ulysses, this book will have to go back to the shelf. Maybe another day...

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Jas16
Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon
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There is absolutely no order to my book shelves but here are the first and last book they contain, both still TBR.
My second #readathon morning is going strong. I finished an audiobook and an ebook this morning and am picking next title as I make another cup of tea. Love these weekends.
#firstbooklastbook #bookends #24in48

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Maude
Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon
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Bailedbailed

Not the best choice to start my challenges. I think Pynchon is just not my thing :( I tried to stick with it and gave it more time than I gave, Gravity's Rainbow, but alas I just don't get him, his characters or his stories. I know people that adore him and they have tried to convert me but it's just not happening.

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Maude
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Pulled all my books starting with -A- and decided to give, Against The Day, a shot. It was a gift and I'm not sure if I'm a Pynchon type person yet 👀 #litsyAtoZchallenge #A #doorstopper #LitsyRC8

Maude I will have to pull a different -A- book, sadly I bailed on, Against the Day, a bit too much for me. 7y
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Jas16
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Here is a #doorstopper from my shelves. I was given it when it was first published and have not read a page. It just looks like such a commitment and I confess to never having read Thomas Pynchon before. I'll get to it one of these days. #riotgrams