/lit/ - Literature

>>10193921
u sold me anon, i'll give this one a read

my recc is The Village by Ivan Bunin. I have never ever once seen anyone else on /lit/ mention Bunin (and a whopping 173 votes on goodreads - NOBODY is reading this book) - it's a shame because The Village is immaculate, a perfect albeit stylistically conservative novel (reminds me of Stoner in that respect - it doesn't do anything new, but it's 100% airtight, not one wasted word). The story packs a huge punch and with mucho heartbreaking lyricism. This is a book that every student of the Russian novel should know and I repeat that it's a goddamn shame that outside of Russia nobody is reading this book.