has anyone ever written a good phone novel

[sufi]

I've had this on the to-read list for a while, might be of interest.

Fragments of an Infinite Memory

“One day, as I was daydreaming on the boulevard Beaumarchais, I had the idea—it came and went in a flash, almost in spite of myself—of Googling to find out what I’d been up to and where I’d been two evenings before, at five o’clock, since I couldn’t remember on my own.” So begins Maël Renouard’s...

www.nyrb.com

Have you read it yet
It's not that long
Please read it and we'll do some threads
@mvuent is going to read it too

 

[sus]

It won't be good.

(1) It's a frenchman (2) endorsed by nyrb (3) compared to barthes and baudrillard. It'll be endless pages of handwaving foppery and obfuscation which cover a lack of insight. But knock yourselves out

 

[sufi]

It won't be good.

(1) It's a frenchman (2) endorsed by nyrb (3) compared to barthes and baudrillard. It'll be endless pages of handwaving foppery and obfuscation which cover a lack of insight. But knock yourselves out

it cites many penseurs but does not assume you have read them - that is 👍 for me and i have pas de problem avec un peu du fopperie

 

[ghost]

i bought a copy but looking at it closely i suspect it's bad just from the binding. will update you all soon.