I somehow managed to struggle my way through all five volumes (1186 pages), with the help of the Lexicon and of course a number of online sources (Alzabo Soup). Took me in total nearly five months. Claims of being a masterpiece of twentieth-century literature seem to me to be a bit far-fetched. They say that you can't just read it but rather you have to re-read it who knows how many times before acquiring a mere inkling of understanding of what it is all about. The story is very abstract and difficult to follow. Flooded with archaic terminology dating from the ancient world and medieval period, long-forgotten dinosaurs and mythological creatures, very bizarre. A darkly religious inner journey, in search of the solution to a dying sun, time warps, inadvertent miracles, aliens from a higher dimension, on and on. Would I recommend it? Well, I guess it depends on your mood. It's now high time for me to read a fun book and enjoy myself.