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Loading... Gadsbyby Ernest Vincent Wright
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Wright spent five and a half months writing Gadsby on a typewriter with the "e" key tied down so that it couldn't be used at all. A warehouse holding copies of Gadsby burned shortly after the book was printed, destroying most copies of the ill-fated novel. The book was never reviewed and only kept alive by the efforts of a few avant-garde intellos and assorted connoisseurs of the odd, weird and zany. But by word-of-mouth it has become an underground cult classic. The book's scarcity and oddness has in the past seen copies priced at $4,000 by book dealers. Over time, this peculiar masterpiece has had many curious readers open to this interestingly unusual reading experience. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC ClassificationRatingAverage: (2.56)
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But... this book's plot is just okay. It's a bit slow, a bit boring. I don't know how much of that is word choosing, (as it truly limits your options) which could hurt his writing - though I kind of doubt it. I was struck by his vocabulary, and his story flows fairly naturally. And, so I stay fair, it's not all boring/slow. It has amusing bits. It's obvious this author has skill in writing, any way you look at it. (I found his introduction particularly humorous, and his following story has occasional, surprising wit.)
I'm glad I found it, but I wouldn't want to go through it again. (