/lit/ - Literature

Are there books besides Shakespeare with dialog as beautiful as Ingmar Bergma's The Seventh Seal? I haven't seen every movie ever made, but I assume this would have to be one of the most literary films of all time.

I just finished the Buried Giant, and I really enjoyed it. I thought it was very similar to BotNS actually. Both have the same immersive dream-like, meandering feeling to them. And the prose itself was similar as well. Or Latro in the Mist, considering the forgetfulness. But that doesn't play as big a role in the Buried Giant, where it was basically just a setting.

In the beginning of the book Beatrice talks about meeting a woman that says she saw a line of people stretching far away. Later, at the end of the book, Beatrice also sees a small line of people, which Axl on the other hand apparently doesn't see. Does any know of the significance of this, and do you think they're related? It made me think of this scene (pic related) in the Seventh Seal. Considering Beatrice was about to die, that might explain why Axl didn't see it. Might the long line seen by the woman Beatrice meet have been a premonition of the incoming war at the end of the book? Also, why do you think Axl and Beatrice weren't allowed a candle?