What Do You Want from Fiction?

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

There's another possibility:

"The mysterious hand which guides our grasp for books ..."

("Die geheimnisvolle Hand, die unseren Griff nach Büchern lenkt ...";
Carl Schmitt: Ex Captivitate Salus, p. 50)

Whomsoever this hand belongs to, it's neither us nor the books themselves.
Nor - do note the word "geheimnisvolle" (mysterious) - is it society.

On 07.04.2015 12:04, matthew cissell wrote:
> Do we choose the books or do the books choose us?
>
> mc otis

> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:58 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A Consumer Question: What motivates your reading of fiction?
>> Boredom? Truth-seeking! Aesthetics? Hunger for...
>>
>> For me Pynchon has always represented someone who is trying to understand
>> and then message his understanding of "Reality."  He does so by constantly
>> portraying the perspective of many loony historical examples. We are invited
>> to scoff!  But underneath, there is sincerity. In GR he is his most
>> "Mystic," and that is why it is my favorite. Yet I have always felt a
>> dissatisfaction with GRs leading questions met with unknowing, it feels
>> like, despite the sincerity, Pynchon is himself usure. That uncertainty is
>> morally good. But is it satisfying?
>>
>> Just a Question.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> I think most seek self with identify witty, but his love of the world gvdsa
>>
>>
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