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11724376 No.11724376 [Reply] [Original]

Should a fiction author be read chronologically (e.g. Faulkner, McCarthy, etc)?

>> No.11724384

If you're an autist

>> No.11724395

>>11724376
read what you are interested on, retard

>> No.11725167

>>11724384
>>11724395
what if I want to read his minor works first before savoring his magnus opus?

>> No.11725179

>>11724376

>if you have a lot of time on your hands
yes, but if they're an author like Steinbeck with over 50 books published, limit yourself to the masterpieces and some of the lesser books that are still considered good
>if you don't have a lot of time on your hands
only read the absolute masterpieces, but read those in chronological order

>> No.11725218

>>11724376
Funny you mention McCarthy and Faulkner: anyone else notice how similarly the two write?

>> No.11725249

>>11725218
would to care to post an excerpt of both to appreciate this claim of yours?

>> No.11725277

>>11725249
It's just something that's come to me in passing but sure when I get home

>> No.11725428
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>>11725249
Compare to any McCarthy, this is just what I got on hand

>> No.11725779

>>11725428
do americans really consider this trash to be a masterpiece?

>> No.11725881
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>>11725779
Begone plebian

>> No.11725929

>>11725881
it's awful prose, you are just a canon following retard who has no actual knowledge about writing or literature