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Title: I get it, but that doesn't make it any less ridiculous
Review: Post-modernism isn't appreciated as such in the truly post-modern era. This book may have inspired and launched a thousand novels in succeeding generations, but outside of aspiring modern writers who need either justification or inspiration, it really has no place. It's irrelevant, completely unfunny, and as unintellectual as a neo-con's talking points.My bias: Joyce and Sterne belong in the same bowl to be devoured by artists and fellow writers and happily ignored by most consumers of literature. Maybe we aren't smart enough to enjoy it, but we are intelligent enough to get it. It's just not that fun to struggle through. These are mostly pointless words penned as amusement and should be treated as such. There's little of humanism to reveal here, so let it be what it is: the recreation of a mind unburdened by survival or love. Too bad so much ink was spilled on so little substance.
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