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It is amazingly difficult: Long, elaborate, multi-layer sentences, sprinkled with words that could be used a couple of times in one's lifetime, but all in all it's worth it. I am certainly enjoying it.

Sometimes a novel that makes you work is infinity better than one that treats you like a fourth grader.

That's right, particularly if the novel is actually good. Not because of the difficult language, but in spite of it. This reminds me of something I saw, just the other day:

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