/lit/ - Literature

>>18574761
People rave about Death in Venice and Magic Mountain, but Buddenbrooks is the best thing Mann ever wrote. I think John Fowles is underrated - you should check out The Collector, it's short and gripping and a good intro to his work. Goes well with Sabato's The Tunnel. Diary of a Country Priest by Bernanos is equal to Brother Karamazov for me in terms of spiritual profundity, and East of Eden works well if you're after the family saga themes of TBK and Buddenbrooks. Javier Marias is another contemporary writer I see very little discussion about, but whose works are excellent. I've assumed you just wanted fairly modern recs.