ceoln reviewed Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson
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5 stars
I wish sometimes that I could leave, say, "Notes" on a book, rather than Writing a Review. There is a lot to say about this book, but I'm not going to say most of it.
If the idea of a book that is just one long run without any chapter or even section breaks, of short paragraphs typed on a typewriter, by apparently the only person apparently left on Earth, writing rather stream-of-consciousness to herself (sort of), if that idea seems weird, you should perhaps not read this. If it seems attractive, perhaps you should.
This edition has a long sprawling Afterward by a between finishing the story and reading the appendage. But here we are.
Wallace certainly reads a lot more direct and intentional allusions to Wittgenstein into the book than I do (the book mentions him, and all sorts of other people, constantly, but more to speculate on …
I wish sometimes that I could leave, say, "Notes" on a book, rather than Writing a Review. There is a lot to say about this book, but I'm not going to say most of it.
If the idea of a book that is just one long run without any chapter or even section breaks, of short paragraphs typed on a typewriter, by apparently the only person apparently left on Earth, writing rather stream-of-consciousness to herself (sort of), if that idea seems weird, you should perhaps not read this. If it seems attractive, perhaps you should.
This edition has a long sprawling Afterward by a between finishing the story and reading the appendage. But here we are.
Wallace certainly reads a lot more direct and intentional allusions to Wittgenstein into the book than I do (the book mentions him, and all sorts of other people, constantly, but more to speculate on the names of their pets and so on than to reference their works or theories), but I don't think that I care. The book works fine either way, I'd say.
We write in the sand "Someone lives here!".
