pre-cloud (a term made up by Franzen in purity)
Purity
by
Jonathan Franzen
April 27, 2017 - May 1, 2017
(read/silicon-valley-etc)
Franzen, J. (2015). Purity. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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antenimbusian »
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descant »
(noun) a melody or counterpoint sung above the pl…
p.442
nugatory »
(adjective) of little or no consequence; trifling…
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inurement »
accustomed to something, especially something unp…
p.426
penumbra »
the partially shaded outer region of the shadow c…
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"[...] Do you believe in the efficacy of prayer P…
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He saw that he'd trapped himself. He'd set up hou…
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[...] Although, to a man, the new revolutionaries…
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Before he'd quit doing interviews, the previous f…
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[...] The privileges available in the Republic ha…
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Purity in Oakland
Purity is given the chance to quit her shitty telemarketing job and work for Andreas Wolf
5
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7
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Purity in Oakland
Purity is given the chance to quit her shitty telemarketing job and work for Andreas Wolf
5 / 775
The Republic of Bad Taste
Andreas' childhood in East Berlin and how he meets Annagret
7 / 6
169
Too Much Information
Leila's life story: her marriage to the self-absorbed novelist Charles (who seems partially inspired by DFW), then her affair with Tom Aberant, then her worries about Pip being a younger and more attractive version of herself (at the very end, the "I think she's my daughter" bomb is dropped). a surprisingly sympathetic character.
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9
169
Too Much Information
Leila's life story: her marriage to the self-absorbed novelist Charles (who seems partially inspired by DFW), then her affair with Tom Aberant, then her worries about Pip being a younger and more attractive version of herself (at the very end, the "I think she's my daughter" bomb is dropped). a surprisingly sympathetic character.
2 / 9
239
Moonglow Dairy
Purity's time in Bolivia (chronologically before the previous chapter) and how she is recruited into working for Tom Aberant as a sort of mole. also her (twice) aborted affair with Andreas Wolf, which felt icky.
1
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8
239
Moonglow Dairy
Purity's time in Bolivia (chronologically before the previous chapter) and how she is recruited into working for Tom Aberant as a sort of mole. also her (twice) aborted affair with Andreas Wolf, which felt icky.
1 / 8
315
le1o9n8a0rd
Tom Aberant's first-person monologue (saved, I believe, as a Word document on his laptop) about his relationship with Anabel as well as his brief interaction with Andreas Wolf. I actually really, really liked this. Felt very real and raw.
7
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6
315
le1o9n8a0rd
Tom Aberant's first-person monologue (saved, I believe, as a Word document on his laptop) about his relationship with Anabel as well as his brief interaction with Andreas Wolf. I actually really, really liked this. Felt very real and raw.
7 / 6
445
The Killer
Andreas reminisces on his failed post-murder relationship with Annagret, then commits suicide while revealing his master plot to Tom Aberant (whom he has convinced to come to Bolivia)
2
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5
445
The Killer
Andreas reminisces on his failed post-murder relationship with Annagret, then commits suicide while revealing his master plot to Tom Aberant (whom he has convinced to come to Bolivia)
2 / 5
515
The Rain Comes
I hated this ending. Basically Purity engineers a parental reunion and ends up dating Jason, a fairly banal-sounding boy she had an aborted encounter with in the first section
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1
515
The Rain Comes
I hated this ending. Basically Purity engineers a parental reunion and ends up dating Jason, a fairly banal-sounding boy she had an aborted encounter with in the first section
0 / 1