Comments on: Mourning the Book http://therumpus.net/2009/09/mourning-the-book/ Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Sun, 27 May 2012 03:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cynthia newberry martin http://therumpus.net/2009/09/mourning-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-9589 cynthia newberry martin Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:04:15 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=31607#comment-9589 "Finishing a book is like ending a love affair; the longer it’s been a part of your life, the harder it is to close the covers and walk away. You regret the parts that you read too quickly. In your eagerness to tick off pages and find out what happened next you didn’t always appreciate the elegance of the prose. You envy the next reader, the one who gets to discover the book for the first time. She will no doubt get it right." I love your first paragraph. Everything in it is a feeling I've had before. And I just finished Infinite Jest, which took all summer...infinite summer. Nice essay. Thanks. “Finishing a book is like ending a love affair; the longer it’s been a part of your life, the harder it is to close the covers and walk away. You regret the parts that you read too quickly. In your eagerness to tick off pages and find out what happened next you didn’t always appreciate the elegance of the prose. You envy the next reader, the one who gets to discover the book for the first time. She will no doubt get it right.”

I love your first paragraph. Everything in it is a feeling I’ve had before. And I just finished Infinite Jest, which took all summer…infinite summer.

Nice essay. Thanks.

]]> By: Shonin http://therumpus.net/2009/09/mourning-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-9210 Shonin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:03:33 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=31607#comment-9210 I think the time to deal with the plagiarism question is after you read the book. I am so grateful that I hadn't heard of that issue before I read it. I think the time to deal with the plagiarism question is after you read the book. I am so grateful that I hadn’t heard of that issue before I read it.

]]> By: John Shannon http://therumpus.net/2009/09/mourning-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-9191 John Shannon Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:10:42 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=31607#comment-9191 A really great book. I love it to death. But you really have to deal with the plagiarism question. A really great book. I love it to death. But you really have to deal with the plagiarism question.

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