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Hey /lit/, I just finished House of Leaves and I'm hoping you could point me in the direction of some more books that evoke a deep sense of desolation like this one did for me, any suggestions?

>> No.1373060

shameless self-bump.

>> No.1373067

The road by Cormac Mccarthy.

Read it and feel alone in with the world.

>> No.1373069

>>1373067

I almost wrote that then thought "god, this will start people bitching about THe Road."

>> No.1373074

>>1373067
Man I loved The Road, read it when I was about 15 when it came out, but the ending definitely got me out of the funk I was feeling throughout the whole thing.

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>>1373069
The road is a good book. I like Mccarthy.

>> No.1373085

>>1373067
>>1373069
>>1373074
>>1373075
I think the road envokes the atmosphere really well in the mind of the reader, but really i think that's its only merit, everything else is horrible.

>> No.1373096

>>1373085
McCarthy is really good at atmosphere. No country for old men had a really good feeling of hope and then isolation.

>> No.1373097

>>1373096
I've only actually read the road, and then that put me off from reading anything else by him.

>> No.1373109

>>1373097
Read No country for old men or Sunset Limited. Both are great. Sunset limited is an amazing play.

>> No.1373113

>>1373109
I've seen it mentioned on here that blood meridian is his best? and right now I have a really really long reading list as it is, but I will look into Mccarthy again!

>> No.1373139

>>1373113
It's really good, i dug it. Sunset limited is my favorite.