Thomas Pynchon - Against the Day
finished the second part
If last week I got the rhythm of the novel, this week I got the joy. There's so many things I could point to, but the one image that stands out the most for me is the sudden move to the dump full of broken and failed time machines. On its face, as described here, it sounds entirely stupid—and even in the book, it partly is—but the fantastic part is how emotional a beat this absurd image is, how it seems to presage a failure, or a destruction of the world.
Unfortunately for me, I've been reading this as an ebook from the library, and since the book was dues in a few days, I returned it early, to have an easy stop. I now have the book, again, on hold. Here's to hoping the next few people in front of me in line give up early, so I can get back to the joy.