The Great Gatsby: Centennial Edition
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Buy The Great Gatsby: Centennial Edition by Fitzgerald, F Scott, Applesby, Martha from desertcart's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Review: An expanded version of this originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader. --- What would T.G. Eckleberg have to say about this? Who knows, but those giant eyes of his would probably enjoy taking this in. You really don't even have to read the words, you can just open any page and take in the visual impact, the shapes that emerge from just bare words—limited punctuation (mostly apostrophes), no paragraphs, just a word-space-word-space-word sequence for 197 pages. It's striking, mesmerizing, and can even evoke an emotional response somehow. So, what did I think about The Great Gatsby: Alphabetised Centennial Edition? I honestly don't know. But I can say I've thought about it a lot since getting it. In his introduction, McVeigh asks: Is story found only in sequence? Can meaning survive fragmentation? Might new meanings emerge—accidental, ambient, and poetic—from the ruins of arrangement? At this moment, my answers are: Yes. Possibly? (pronounced with a heavy question mark) Yes, just don't ask me what any of them are. I've picked this up and read through a few pages several times in the week or so since I got this, and each time I start to think I'm getting something. Like Dirk Gentley said, I felt like I could "grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." But I've fallen short each time, but I'm going to keep trying. But this is not a book for everyone, I should stress. For example, I showed this to my wife, who I thought might appreciate the idea. She looked through it and gave me one of those looks and asked, "You spent money on this?" Yes, I did. Happily so—and am still glad I did. Not just for the novelty (which probably drove the purchase, to be frank), but because it's giving me the opportunity to ask those questions I started this section with. This might not be much of a review, but I think it's the heartiest endorsement I could give of the project. I spent money on this, you should consider doing the same.
| Best Sellers Rank | 33,595 in Fiction Classics (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (3) |
| Dimensions | 13.97 x 0.69 x 21.59 cm |
| ISBN-10 | 1936767856 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1936767854 |
| Item weight | 141 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 114 pages |
| Publication date | 7 May 2025 |
| Publisher | Post House Books |
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An expanded version of this originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader. --- What would T.G. Eckleberg have to say about this? Who knows, but those giant eyes of his would probably enjoy taking this in. You really don't even have to read the words, you can just open any page and take in the visual impact, the shapes that emerge from just bare words—limited punctuation (mostly apostrophes), no paragraphs, just a word-space-word-space-word sequence for 197 pages. It's striking, mesmerizing, and can even evoke an emotional response somehow. So, what did I think about The Great Gatsby: Alphabetised Centennial Edition? I honestly don't know. But I can say I've thought about it a lot since getting it. In his introduction, McVeigh asks: Is story found only in sequence? Can meaning survive fragmentation? Might new meanings emerge—accidental, ambient, and poetic—from the ruins of arrangement? At this moment, my answers are: Yes. Possibly? (pronounced with a heavy question mark) Yes, just don't ask me what any of them are. I've picked this up and read through a few pages several times in the week or so since I got this, and each time I start to think I'm getting something. Like Dirk Gentley said, I felt like I could "grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." But I've fallen short each time, but I'm going to keep trying. But this is not a book for everyone, I should stress. For example, I showed this to my wife, who I thought might appreciate the idea. She looked through it and gave me one of those looks and asked, "You spent money on this?" Yes, I did. Happily so—and am still glad I did. Not just for the novelty (which probably drove the purchase, to be frank), but because it's giving me the opportunity to ask those questions I started this section with. This might not be much of a review, but I think it's the heartiest endorsement I could give of the project. I spent money on this, you should consider doing the same.
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