/lit/ - Literature

Has anyone on 4chan read this? **it seems like the board is mostly devoted to scfi/fantasy or else deep/pretentious stuff like catcher in the rye**

If so, what'd you think of it?

captcha:scots eriesar

>>1930487
Finished two more!

>The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino
I really, really loved the idea for this one - groups of wanderers meet at a mysterious castle/tavern, made mute from their adventures, then try to tell their stories through tarot cards. In the end, it just felt way too speculative for me though. Maybe I need things to be more specific, or more time to think about the meaning, but the stories that are told relative to the cards that were laid out just seem to grasp at straws constantly. The stories themselves are great, and I think I would have enjoyed them more if I wasn't trying to relate them to the cards and failing every few lines. Tons of literary and historical allusions here, but they're very recognizable (I loved the Marquis de Sade one). Overall, it was really enjoyable, but something I had to take in small amounts.

>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
I loved this! The back and forth storytelling, the foreshadowing, repetition, the jumps in time, everything - it just felt classy and /good/. The cover I had for this one really didn't hint at all at the darkness that's covered near the end, though it somehow didn't come as a surprise for me. Everything seemed to hint at everything else, and things were revealed in a fashion that I just really loved. It just came together so nicely. The subject matter too - a group of girls growing up and their manipulative, rather off, teacher - is something I found I enjoyed. Not sure any of that makes sense, but I'll be checking out more things by Muriel Spark soon, I hope.

And my currently reading/soon to read (always changing):
>The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories by Shinichi Hoshi
>The Three Christs of Ypsilanti by Milton Rokeach
>Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal