Finnegans Wake not Finnegan's Wake. My latest piece in TNR started with a quote from Finnegans Wake which was, perhaps wisely, taken out. https://twitter.com/dylanmatt/status/1108396887890190336 …
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like Battlefield Earth?
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And we're learning too much about having a President who lies about reading, period.
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The dude learned Norwegian to read a book. I think he can grasp it.
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I've read Dune. *cracks knuckles* Let me at it.
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#Buttigieg devour "Finnegan's Wake" with his hands or with silverware?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Exactly. Calderone doesn't know WTF he's talking about because he hasn't opened page 1 and is simply assuming, whereas Mayor Pete is talking fluently and perceptively about both books, and also learned Norwegian & plays concert piano.
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Correction: Dylan Matthews doesn't know what he's talking about.
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I read that Buttigieg learned Norwegian just to read more of his favorite author? He could easily have made a stab at learning the language of Finnegans Wake
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It's more like a methodology. Lots of the words have no literal definition in any language, but simultaneously suggest several words in different languages. Learning to read for the meanings is like teaching yourself to see one of those Magic Eye images.
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In college, some friends and I would have a weekly Wake Night in our department library. We'd light candles, pour Jameson's and unpack a single page. It was pretentious and awesome.
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