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Books that talk about how much life sucks?

>> No.14755576

The Book of Disquiet

>> No.14755586

>>14755565
None, we live in the best of all possible worlds and Voltaire is a massive faggot.

>> No.14755739
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>borat voice
>MY LIFE
>IS... VERY BAD

>> No.14755751

The Wall by Sartre

>> No.14755771

Conspiracy against the human race

>> No.14755784

Of course there are the standard books about philosophical pessimism, where existence itself is suffering. However, it would be neat to make a list of books that deal with how daily life is just a pain in the ass.

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>>14755565
Jernigan

>> No.14755801

>>14755565
All of the ones recommended here

>> No.14755807

>>14755586
Tend your garden you silly bitch

>> No.14755815

>>14755791
I have never heard of this— looks good.

>> No.14756376

>>14755565
The Anatomy of Melancholy

>> No.14757404

>>14755565
Compared to what? For something to suck there needs to be better, or worse. But life is all we know, it calls for only indifference.

>> No.14757495

>>14755565
every book ever

>> No.14757507

>>14755565
Your mom's diary every year since you were born

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>>14755565
>GIB MORE PESSIMISM
>I NEED MORE SADS
>NO HAPPY LITERATURE

>> No.14757569

>>14756376
That book actually has a passage where the author shits on shut ins and calls the subhumans that deserve to be miserable for locking themselves a way from God's creation. I wish I remember where it was in the book, /lit/ would probably really benefit from it.