/lit/ - Literature

100 Years of Solitude

>>11572537
Fuck you. That book reads like an outline.

The Name of the Rose — Umberto Eco
The Leopard — Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Council of Egypt — Leonardo Sciascia

Can't vouch for their translation, but in Italian they're all amazing.

the crying of lot 49

pynchon in general

>>11573019
>Read Pynchon
>it's just page after page of incoherent rambling followed by BDSM sex scenes
>"interesting plot"
Pynchon isn't that great desu

>>11573065
He is a joy to read with incredibly unique prose and unique and interesting characters jumping all over the place meeting new and interesting characters. I find all his novel to be a fun adventure.

Joseph Conrad is great for this, influenced as he is by the tradition of adventure stories. The Secret Agent is beautifully written with a great plot, influenced Graham Greene etc.

>>11573065
wtf I hate pynshawn now

>>11573065
Did that pokler chapter fly over your head?

Anything by Cormac McCarthy.

>>11573650
Yup, don’t care how much people hate him. His writing is like an old cowboy telling you a tale by a fire in the Midwest

>>11573466
You think that person has actually read GR?

>>11572972
I'm interested. Which of those are more friendly (italian/writing wise)?

Unironic Gravity’s Rainbow
Never read anything so fun and satisfying, and it has some of the most interesting prose I’ve read.

>>11572537
Si

>>11572511
that's a sweet cover, I love that it still uses clouds. looks great.

my biggest rec would have to be The Recognitions