/lit/ - Literature

John Williams' final book Augustus has a similar framework of following a man's life and his familial issues. His other main book Butcher's Crossing is very different though but still very good.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is also quite similar.

maybe take a look around pic related

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>>7386251
Why did you do that to it?

>>5979966

You should have checked the sticky.

c'mon

>>5359561
I'm more depressed that Suicide by Edouard Levé hasn't been mentioned. Or that OP seems to be incapable of helping himself in any way.

>>5218427
What's wrong with charts?

Looking for more Depressing Lit or Boring Lit (in the sense of a story having a calm, dispassionate tone) recommendations

Any that aren't listed on pic related?

>>5154334

Why not check the wiki?

There's an entire section for depressing literature.

Thinking of getting Kobo Aura HD to replace my old Kindle (the one with the keyboard).

Any reasons I shouldn't? Any experiences?

from the wiki

>>4509686
I only mentioned the first one, but here's a recommendation chart that may interest you.

If you want others besides the chart, I'd also rec Tubustch by Albert Ehrenstein and The High-Life by Jean-Pierre Martinet (neither of these are non-fiction though).

From Tubustch:

"It's not the melancholy and bitterness of autumn, nor the feeling one gets after completing a major work, nor the dullness with which one only dimly awakes after a long, serious illness: I just can't understand how I have sunk into this state. Inside and outside of me is governed by a complete emptiness, a desolation."

From the chart, the other ones I'd rank up there on my saddest books I've read list are To Live and On the Marble Cliffs.

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