I have not read the whole thing. I am not sure anyone has. The archivist at Marbach told me that the only person who might have read it cover to cover was Weiss himself, and even he probably skipped around.
And in that impossible, bloated, beautiful failure, he succeeded. longest essay in the world
You don’t read The Unfinished . You navigate it. I have not read the whole thing
We are told that good writing is clear, concise, and decisive. That a blog post should be 1,500 words. That a tweet should be sharp. That a thought should have a conclusion. longest essay in the world