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Today I finished Speedboat by Renata Adler.

I don't think I've ever read anything quite like it. It's like someone asked Dorothy Parker to write prose fiction in the style of Ernest Hemingway

#Speedboat #AmReading #RenataAdler #Bookstodon

Seaplanes are the best mode of transportation for the outlying islands in the Maldives, but also the only acceptable mode of transportation for several Maldivian island resorts. The views from the seaplanes are incredible! #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

A whole knackered #speedboat has been #flytipped in #Bedfordhire (a completely *landlocked* county in the East of #England !) #flytipping #pollution #environment #UK

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2026-02-28/outrage-over-speedboat-flytipped-in-landlocked-county

Speedboats are one of the best ways to get from one island in the Maldives to the next. Public speedboats have set daily routes and can be crowded - private speed boat transfers are much more comfortable. #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

Seaplanes are the best mode of transportation for the outlying islands in the Maldives, but also the only acceptable mode of transportation for several Maldivian island resorts. The views from the seaplanes are incredible! #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

Renata Adler's 1976 novel "Speedboat" enjoys a cult following amongst MFA types.

I'm not an MFA type myself, but I thought I should give it a try.

If you're looking for a gripping story, this is not the book for you. It's virtually plotless, being composed of a series of episodes, observations, and micronarratives in the life of a young NYC based journalist. Certain characters recur, but the chronology is left unclear.

One does get a feel for New York in the seventies as experienced by a fairly privileged young white woman -- Elaine's, rats, vagrants in the apartment house vestibule, no show faculty at the state university,....At times, I found myself laughing at scenes from parties and metropolitan encounters.

I wonder if this would be good novel to study if one wanted to broaden one's understanding of the meaning of literary postmodernism. "Speedboat" exemplifies a formal experimentation distinctive from that of the modernist novel of the the first half of the twentieth century but which is also free of the metafictionality and self reference that often are taken as definitive of the postmodern.

#RenataAdler #Speedboat #USLiterature #Books #Fiction #LiteratureInEnglish

Paradise beachfront plot with bungalows and house 🌊

..in North Sulawesi, Indonesia - 17,000 m2 - 250 m oceanfront, on the north coast of Sulawesi - directly on the sea - spectacular diving spots! 🤿 #Speedboat access: via an opening in the coral reef. Nearby: Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park 🍹

Rooms: 6
Living space: 200m²
Plot size: 17.000m²
Region: Sulawesi Utara 🇮🇩
Price: 145.000 €

https://www.bluehomes.com/PRI0031/en/Paradise-beachfront-plot-with-bungalows-and-house/expose.html

#holiday #indonesia #diving #realestate #bungalow #coralreef

Seaplanes are the best mode of transportation for the outlying islands in the Maldives, but also the only acceptable mode of transportation for several Maldivian island resorts. The views from the seaplanes are incredible! #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

Scratch-built Electric Boat Shows off Surprising Speed https://hackaday.com/2025/06/07/scratch-built-electric-boat-shows-off-surprising-speed/ #TransportationHacks #greenhacks #customhull #solarpanel #speedboat #electric

Scratch-built Electric Boat Shows off Surprising Speed - Electric cars are everywhere these days, but what about boats? Looking to go green... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/07/scratch-built-electric-boat-shows-off-surprising-speed/ #transportationhacks #greenhacks #customhull #solarpanel #speedboat #electric

快艇？

#写真 #街角スナップ #紅柴坑漁港 #speedboat #harbour #photography #streetphotography #mobilephotography #streetsnap

Cockpit Camera Shows What It’s Like to Flip a Speedboat at 200MPH https://petapixel.com/2025/04/29/cockpit-camera-shows-what-its-like-to-flip-a-speedboat-at-200mph/ #actioncam #speedboat #cockpit #crash #News

2025 book four: Renata Adler: Speedboat ⭐️⭐️⭐️

#bookstodon #bookstagram #fiction #2025books #books #fiction #renataadler #speedboat

Speedboats are one of the best ways to get from one island in the Maldives to the next. Public speedboats have set daily routes and can be crowded - private speed boat transfers are much more comfortable. #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

🛥️ Artist: #StreetartFrankey in City: #Zandvoort /Zuidstrand, Strandpaviljoen Paal69 / Netherlands 🇳🇱 06/2024 - Title: "Ship Happens!" - (📷 by Arie de Leeuw) - #Streetart #Art #Urbanart #FunArt #Installation #Speedboat #Ship #APhotoLove

Seaplanes are the best mode of transportation for the outlying islands in the Maldives, but also the only acceptable mode of transportation for several Maldivian island resorts. The views from the seaplanes are incredible! #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

Speedboats are one of the best ways to get from one island in the Maldives to the next. Public speedboats have set daily routes and can be crowded - private speed boat transfers are much more comfortable. #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

Seaplanes are the best mode of transportation for the outlying islands in the Maldives, but also the only acceptable mode of transportation for several Maldivian island resorts. The views from the seaplanes are incredible! #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/

Speedboats are one of the best ways to get from one island in the Maldives to the next. Public speedboats have set daily routes and can be crowded - private speed boat transfers are much more comfortable. #Maldives #speedboat https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Maldives/