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Reader's Block (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) (Paperback)
by David Markson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 193 pages
  • Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press (22 Dec 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1564781321
  • ISBN-13: 978-1564781321
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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The narrator, Reader, reflects on a lifetime of reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best piece of American fiction in ten years., 15 Nov 1996
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If you read one book this year, read David Markson's new novel. Whether or not you've read any of his previous novels--which, by the way, represent one of the finest and most innovative bodies of work of the last thirty years--Reader's Block will astound you. A beautifully crafted condensation of language, Reader's Block is the poetic novel for century's end, recalling those great Modernist novels at century's beginning. Concerning the struggles of a writer named Reader, who tries to write about a character named Protagonist, Reader's Block is Markson's most refined example of his telescopic and allusive style. The reader enjoys an indelible language, told in terse, paratactic sentences, and it is my opinion that Markson has always written an absolutely tactile prose. I felt each word with my fingers. I found myself eating this novel. The book is also downright fun--for it is a collage of anecdotes from literary and art history, anecdotes that reveal the struggles of ALL writers and artists. This business of art is not a casual affair. Reader's Block is one of the purest books ever written, not a novel to taste but to ingest. We owe Markson everything, for he is more than gifted and we, struggling readers, are more than blessed.
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