Longest Essay In The World -

Most essays try to prove a point. Weiss’s essay tries to exist. It tries to hold time still. It tries to say: Look, this is what it felt like to be alive between 1972 and 1984, thinking about blue ink and snails and a woman named Elise.

I was wrong.

Weiss died in 1987, three years after finishing the final page. He never submitted it for publication. His will contained one line about the manuscript: "Burn it or read it. Both are the same act of violence." longest essay in the world