/lit/ - Literature

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So I've picked up this book because I've heard it was a good postmodern read, I'm about 50 pages in and so far it is somewhat boring, has /lit/ read this? what does /lit/ think of it?

I do hope it gets better.

hey /lit/ do you suggest any books that are similar to this one? i really enjoyed it.

So what is /lit/'s opinion on Don Delillo? I'm no literary critic (science major, poorly read), but I quite liked White Noise and Underworld. I've not really enjoyed the other ones I've tried. Too deep for me, or do people generally think Underworld was his best book?

and a fantastic novel as well

White Noise by Don DeLillo

Just fell flat for me. It's obviously well-written, but I feel like the concepts behind may be too saturated in mainstream culture now for me to have been struck by its supposed brilliance. I was bored the whole time, both from a plot standpoint and a literary standpoint.

1) White Noise - Don DeLillo
2) Assassination Vacation - Sarah Vowell
3) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
4) Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
5) Carta Marina - Ann-Fisher Wirth
6) The Braindead Megaphone - George Saunders
7) Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
8) The Female American - Unca Eliza Winkfield
9) Capturing Sound - Mark Katz
10) The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis
11) Music in Everyday Life - Tia DeNora
12) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
13) Pastoralia - George Saunders
14) What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver
15) The Coral Island - R.M. Ballantyne

Working on The Crying of Lot 49 right now.