Brain Pain discussion

This is our planned reading and discussion schedule for Thomas Pynchon’s novel, Against The Day.

This book weighs in at a hefty 1200+ pages in paperback (1085 in the original hardcover). I’ve separated the discussion into five parts that correspond with the five parts of the book. Page numbers are from the Vintage edition, 2007.


Discussion One – Part One, The Light Over the Ranges, page 1 – 131


Discussion Two – Part Two, Iceland Spar, page 133 – 482


Discussion Three – Part Three, Bilocations, page 483 – 780


Discussion Four – Part Four, Against the Day, page 781 – 1194


Discussion Five – Part Five, Rue du Départ, page 1195 – 1220
Conclusions/Book as a whole