![]() I found it to be an incredibly irritating book with precisely one saving grace: it was funny to read passages out loud to Brittany and watch her cringe. Not recommended.Īn Imaginary Life is a novella about Ovid in exile. Unfortunately, I couldn’t balance my dislike of its style with an appreciation of its content, because its content also disagreed with me.ĭavid Malouf, An Imaginary Life. I’m trying to learn how to see the merits of a book even through my dislike of its style.Īn Imaginary Life by David Malouf is one of those novels whose style rubbed me wrong in almost every conceivable way. My problem has always been the opposite, putting down too many books. A book-loving friend said recently that she has been learning how to put a book down, that she doesn’t need to finish every book she starts. ![]() ![]() Previously I would’ve just put the offending book down and never looked at it again, but I’m trying to teach myself to finish books. I recognize many people love Infinite Jest, are deeply moved by it, and think it’s a classic, but it’s not for me. ![]() Every time I ’ ve opened up Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, for example, I’ve winced. Sometimes the way a novel is written annoys me so badly that I can’t see its merits. ![]() I try to be a generous reader but I have my limitations. ![]()
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