It's official:
The Recognitions, a dense novel by William Gaddis, has defeated me; I put up a valiant effort and nearly reached the 600 page mark before I shook hands with this allusion filled Modernist tome; the book seems to be about art forgery and counterfeiting and religion, but there's obviously some deeper theme which I have failed to recognize . . . and I'm not going to to kid myself and say that I'm just taking a break and I'll pick it back up this winter, because now I'm reading the new Slavoj Zizek book (
Living in the End Times) and it seems clear and logical, as compared to
The Recognitions . . . and when a book makes Slavoj Zizek seem clear and logical, then it is certainly beyond me.
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I'm right around this spot in the book, and just started reading Zizek's latest, God in Pain, for a break and I'm feeling the same way. It's refreshing, logical, clear, and funny! But there are elements that remind me of The Recognitions. I was curious is Zizek ever read and had an opinion on it. So far I haven't found anything but your blog.
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