jenks
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i was talking to a scientist friend of mine recently who was absolutely shocked that i would want to re-read anything. his take was that when a book was finished it was done with. i tried to explain to him the pleasures of re-reading, for example i once read the great gatsby 6 ttimes in a year, for pleasure. i remmeber a quote from nabokov who stated something like there is no reading, only re-reading.
so the question is what do we re-read for pleasure - i'm thinking novels here, but obviously whatever...
i;m re-reading the final volume of proust at the moment along with the good soldier (ford madox ford, not hasek, for the 5th time)
so the question is what do we re-read for pleasure - i'm thinking novels here, but obviously whatever...
i;m re-reading the final volume of proust at the moment along with the good soldier (ford madox ford, not hasek, for the 5th time)