Is that a Kafka quote? I think Wallace used the "frozen sea" thing...oh, lol, it was part of the same quote. "It's not for nothing that Kafka spoke of literature as 'a hatchet with which we chop at the frozen seas inside us.'"
I actually did buy his book when I went shopping for xmas (hah) presents today. I mean, he wrote more than one book, but this is kinda THE book. It's like 1000+ pages. I thought about giving it to my dad, like surprise!, but I thought he might not like it, plus the father-son issues might send the wrong message. But it was rather captivating, so I didn't put it back either. Started out kinda like "The Metamorphosis," so...yeah, you're right about the Kafka influence. I forgot his name, though, except "David" + 6 syllables (no good) so I had to go up to the store clerk and actually ask if he knew an author who hanged himself last year. He may have hated me. Being neurotic, I thought maybe if I bought gift wrap too he would hate me less. It worries me that Dave Eggers likes him, because I don't really like Dave Eggers, but well, maybe he's just like Eggers's idol, and Eggers is the pretentious wannabe. I don't know. I am so rambling. Also a cat jumped on my shoulders in a store. But I will send you things now!
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I actually did buy his book when I went shopping for xmas (hah) presents today. I mean, he wrote more than one book, but this is kinda THE book. It's like 1000+ pages. I thought about giving it to my dad, like surprise!, but I thought he might not like it, plus the father-son issues might send the wrong message. But it was rather captivating, so I didn't put it back either. Started out kinda like "The Metamorphosis," so...yeah, you're right about the Kafka influence. I forgot his name, though, except "David" + 6 syllables (no good) so I had to go up to the store clerk and actually ask if he knew an author who hanged himself last year. He may have hated me. Being neurotic, I thought maybe if I bought gift wrap too he would hate me less. It worries me that Dave Eggers likes him, because I don't really like Dave Eggers, but well, maybe he's just like Eggers's idol, and Eggers is the pretentious wannabe. I don't know. I am so rambling. Also a cat jumped on my shoulders in a store. But I will send you things now!