[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 15 KB, 258x400, 58314.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
13089611 No.13089611 [Reply] [Original]

Is it his best work? I can't see him topping the epilogue.

>> No.13089614

have sex

>> No.13089620

>>13089614
nah

>> No.13089638

>>13089611
i liked the possibility of an island so much more desu

>> No.13089643

It is, but all his other works are worth reading, even his latest one Serotonin.

Just be aware that the American editions sometimes have wildly different titles. Not sure why.

>> No.13089661

>>13089611
The epilogue really hit me more than any book I've read in the last five years. Fell off the wagon two days later.

>> No.13089672

>>13089661
Same tbdesu. One of the few times I've cried because of a novel.

>> No.13090986
File: 44 KB, 565x318, dawson_crying.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
13090986

>>13089672
>This book is dedicated to mankind

>> No.13090997

>>13089643
Burgers think a book called "Elementary Particles" is going to be about physics and shit

>> No.13091729

>>13090997
OP is the US version. It was translated as 'Atomised' in the UK version.

>> No.13091754

>>13089620
roastie BTFO

>> No.13091760

>>13090997
It's called The Elementary Particles in the US. Atomised in the UK. So...

>> No.13092016

Check Out Christian Kracht instead

>> No.13092272

>>13092016
Why and where should I start with him?

>> No.13092383

>>13089611
I really liked Serotonin

>> No.13092391

>>13089611
I agree.
Nothing I've read by him so far even comes close.