RIP (Read In Progress) Wednesday

[quillpunk]

It is once more a Wednesday. What are you reading? 👀

Comments

[white_aster]

Oh wow, I see! That should be really interesting, then, and I'll be interested in how it strikes you! I'd definitely recommend reading the essay at the beginning, then, if you want to get an early sense of the themes and overall structure, as well as some explanation of things like jokes/puns that are included but not obvious in translation.

The structure is a bit odd to a modern reader (both in "this is just weirdly episodic" and "here's some extra stuff that doesn't really chronologically fit in, but it's traditionally part of the narrative, so we shoved it at the end" ways.), but I found it quite readable!

[anehan]

Thank you for the info! I'd been planning on reading the introduction afterwards, but I'll follow your recommendation and read it now.

[white_aster]

If you're worried about spoilers, the intro will have some, fair warning. And heck, I was introduced to this in grade school, so you can definitely enjoy the bonkers mythology on its own. I did feel like the intro gave me some perspective on parts that otherwise would have sailed blithely over my head, tho. :P

[anehan]

I think I've been spoiled just because of cultural osmosis. :D

OTOH, I expect I'll be rereading this one at some point, so there's also no need to get everything at once.