He's one of those authors where the experience of reading him is the (steep) price for having had read him.

Seconded.

(Although I wouldn't be upset if Murnane won, if only to convince myself that time spent slogging my way through his work was justified...)

You can see how tense I am by the garbled syntax of that last post. 😅

Very wise! Plenty of time to fulminate later. For now, I'll enjoy the magpie hopping looking for a worm around just outside my window.

Hello!

And indeed.... No. 😞

It might be time to start entertaining that idea...