Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson

Wittgenstein's Mistress



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Wittgenstein's Mistress David Markson ebook
Page: 248
Format: epub
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
ISBN: 1564782115, 9781564782113


I recently finished David Markson's novel Wittgenstein's Mistress, and I thought the book was smart, beautiful, unique, and, at times, moving. You can find the review/article, “The Empty Plenum: David Markson's 'Wittgenstein's Mistress'” (as well as links to many other uncollected DFW works) at the uncollected DFW page of my website, The Howling Fantods:. My $.02: Book Review - Wittgenstein's Mistress. I first began to reconsider my position after seeing some extravagant reviews of Wittgenstein's Mistress, Reader's Block & This is Not a Novel. Wittgenstein's Mistress, a novel by David Markson, 1988. What an extraordinary change takes place . I'm reading Wittgenstein's Mistress right now on the beaches of Anguilla. A while back, while doing some critical writing about Wittgenstein's Mistress, I found myself desperately wishing that it had an index…so I made an index. Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson Publication date: 1988. 18 Wittgenstein's Mistress-David Markson. "The sentences proceed directly one from another," observed Amy Hempel in her review of "Wittgenstein's Mistress" (Dalkey Archive Press, 1988), perhaps Markson's best-known novel. €�There is no better way of keeping sane and free from anxiety than by being mad.” -Leonardo. Not very much happens in any conventional sense in this book. 'In the beginning, sometimes I left messages on the street,' is the first sentence of Wittgenstein's Mistress, an amazing novel I just had the pleasure to read. 2007_07_wittgensteins_mistress.jpg We're still all barbeque and firework burns, but we managed to finish Wittgenstein's Mistress. And I had books: David Markson's Wittgenstein's Mistress, and William Gaddis's A Frolic of His Own. Wittgenstein's Mistress is a confounding book.