I had the same problem reading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Just dropped it halfway through. Although I really did have a problem reading something that was marketed as the voice of my generation, I mean I have no problem drinking Pepsi as the choice of my generation but that book was just to winky tounge in cheek cutsey for my taste. As for Mr. Franzen keep reading. I too, got bored and put it down and unconsciously picked it up again for the flight home for thanksgiving last year. In the end, I thought it was a great book and I appreciated that yes he (franzen) is kind of a prick and full of himself and prone to commments about saving modern literature. But it is, I think, an interesting and technichnicaly good book about a topic (family) which is not easy as opposed to say writing about a specific story say a murder mystery. As for directors I used to think the same thing until I sat through all ten or fifteen hours of Eyes Wide Shut cause I thought this is Stanley Kubrick and is going to go somewhere really good. It did not.
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Date: 2004-01-06 09:44 am (UTC)As for Mr. Franzen keep reading. I too, got bored and put it down and unconsciously picked it up again for the flight home for thanksgiving last year. In the end, I thought it was a great book and I appreciated that yes he (franzen) is kind of a prick and full of himself and prone to commments about saving modern literature. But it is, I think, an interesting and technichnicaly good book about a topic (family) which is not easy as opposed to say writing about a specific story say a murder mystery.
As for directors I used to think the same thing until I sat through all ten or fifteen hours of Eyes Wide Shut cause I thought this is Stanley Kubrick and is going to go somewhere really good. It did not.