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by asimpletune 1823 days ago
Yeah I never understood the association with infinite jest and being hard other than it’s long. The book is super funny and enjoyable to read.
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I think it’s because Infinite Jest is clearly influenced by Gravity’s Rainbow.

<edit> misread your comment.

I think it’s because yes it’s long but it uses a complex narrative structure and has a lot of uncommon words. The annotations add a bit to it.

I agree it’s very enjoyable literature.