The Museum of Eterna’s Novel (The First Good Novel) is the very definition of a novel written ahead of its time. Macedonio (known to everyon...
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Jul 21, 2010
Greg
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I felt very ambivalent for the book itself, but I am happy the book exists.
Today while dealing once again with the results of my colossal irresponsibility I spent quite a bit of time thinking about what I would say here. I didn't really like the book. I liked some of the prologues, and bits and pieces of the novel, but as a whole the book didn't work for me. I think it's a failure, a very ambitious failure. Just because the book is a failure though doesn't mean that I hated it, o More...
Today while dealing once again with the results of my colossal irresponsibility I spent quite a bit of time thinking about what I would say here. I didn't really like the book. I liked some of the prologues, and bits and pieces of the novel, but as a whole the book didn't work for me. I think it's a failure, a very ambitious failure. Just because the book is a failure though doesn't mean that I hated it, o More...
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Jul 21, 2010
Jasmine
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"The Museum of Eterna's Novel" is a novel that doesn't want to begin because in our beginning is our end"
This is possibly the best blurb ever.
First I wanted to finish this before greg, then I was really hoping that greg would review it before me.
I am not sure if I got the first one, I didn't get the second one.
I finished the last sentence of this book as the subway doors were opening to take me home, this seems mildly important.
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This is possibly the best blurb ever.
First I wanted to finish this before greg, then I was really hoping that greg would review it before me.
I am not sure if I got the first one, I didn't get the second one.
I finished the last sentence of this book as the subway doors were opening to take me home, this seems mildly important.
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Jun 01, 2010
Rob
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The Museum of Eterna's Novel is much more fun to read about than it is to read. Macedonio wrote a novel that's half prologues (more than twenty of them!), half an attempt to make the reader feel their own character-ness.
The resulting novel is playful and it feels half-serious throughout--Macedonio is making a point but having fun doing it. Unfortunately, the text becomes a slog at times. Sometimes it takes the tone of a philosophy text or a dense piece of criticism, but it's delibera More...
The resulting novel is playful and it feels half-serious throughout--Macedonio is making a point but having fun doing it. Unfortunately, the text becomes a slog at times. Sometimes it takes the tone of a philosophy text or a dense piece of criticism, but it's delibera More...
Nov 01, 2011
Ferris
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This is the perfect book for the reader who loves abstract art, who trusts that meaning and beauty are in there somewhere if only one sticks with it....this is a novel about a ranch gnamed "the Novel".......this is a novel with 50+ prologues.....not a typo...50+ prologues. Thisis a novel for the reader who revels in metaphysics......the metaphysics of the written word. Did I like it? I don't know. Would I recommend it? I don't know. Was it a memorable intellectual experience? Abs
Nov 25, 2010
This book's got 50 prologues, holy shit, but it's amazing and extremely unique. I love Macedonio's philosophies of nonexistence and immortality, and the big question of risking love in the certainty of death. His ideas can be confusing but they do make sense; I'm excited to finish this book.
May 01, 2010
Tom
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what an extraordinary book - a self-decribed open-source novel written nearly a century before the very concept of open-source was developed. consisting mainly of assorted introductions to itself, this book would be post-modern even now. and very funny to boot.
Jun 25, 2011
Erwin
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revolucionário. um livro que contém todos os outros. exige um grande equilíbrio do leitor para não levado na voragem em que se transforma a história. e ainda assim não saberemos jamais se o conseguimos.
May 02, 2010
Kit
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alternately amusing, deep, and tedious. I liked that over half the book consists of more than 50 prefaces. "I Can't Get Started"....
Feb 28, 2010
Jim
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Fascinating meditation on the novel and its limits by Borges's mentor. Review forthcoming...
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Aug 06, 2011
Andre
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Lendo a versão em português editada em 2010 pela Cosac Naify. Edição impecável de uma obra prima.
Jan 05, 2010
It comes out in English translation this fall. Neal Cassady to Borges's Kerouac, if that makes any sense.
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