#nyrbbookclub members I'm struggling with my first NYRB selection since the monthly picks. I like a challenge every now and then, but to give you an idea of what this one is like, this single sentence (which is too long to fit in its entirety) contains the phrases: "post-traumatic cicatrization", "passionate peroration", and "an extracting maieutics" ?? I'm torn about continuing - not exactly the murder mystery I was hoping for!
Leftcoastzen 🤯 2y
AlaMich No one should have to work that hard to read a book! 2y
LeahBergen Oh my … that‘s quite the sentence. 😬 2y
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BarbaraBB That is not very encouraging! I am reading a NYRB at the moment too and it feels different without the group behind me! However it‘s very readable and interesting!![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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An African in Greenlandbatsy Oh dear. That's a tough one to parse 😳 2y
Billypar @Leftcoastzen @AlaMich @LeahBergen @batsy It's not all as bad as this example, but there are so many confusing digressions. Kind of like reading Nabokov but with all the good parts removed. 2y
Billypar @BarbaraBB I've seen that one before and it did sound like a really interesting story - I'll look out for your review. I have another one by Di Benedetto on my to read shelf that I'm looking forward to picking up in the new year. 2y
vivastory This one is on my shelves. There's been a few times I've thought of picking it up. 2y
Billypar @vivastory If you do pick it up, I hope you have better luck with it than I did. I decided to bail at a little past the halfway point, which I almost never do, but after two weeks, my brain couldn't take anymore! 2y
vivastory I think I will set it aside for when I feel like a challenge! Maybe in the new year. 2y
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