Kiraspectrum answers “Why read Finnegans Wake, when I know I...”

Arkapravo Bhaumik asked this question about Finnegans Wake:

Why read Finnegans Wake, when I know I will not understand anything? I ask those have read this literary behemoth, what was your motivation, and what did you finally grasp?

Kiraspectrum I found it funny and dense and horribly difficult to get. All at the same time. It was fun, I didn't read all of it, but wherever I opened the page, I…moreI found it funny and dense and horribly difficult to get. All at the same time. It was fun, I didn't read all of it, but wherever I opened the page, I always found an allusion to something that made sense to me.(less)

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