variouslilies 's review for:

Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari

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Reading Anti-Oedipus is a complicated experience to relate, but the more I think about it, the operative word seems to be shocking. This book is unlike any book that I have ever read. The -at times- inscrutable verbiage, the provocative conceptualizing, the jovial jabs and the sheer amount of jokes and puns are all flashes of surprise, whether endearing or annoying. By the time you get used to this newfangled style of writing, the ambitious nature of the philosophical project catches you off guard. It is often difficult to convince yourself that the connections that are being made between seemingly disparate realms of theory and philosophy are not tenuous and there is more than smokes and mirrors made of over-the-top wordplay involved; But I think that is to be expected from such an audacious project as one that intends to entangle Marxist and Freudian frames of thought and undermining them at the same time. This was both an unforgettable and an elusive read, one that I'm sure I will go back to again and again.