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I think the relentless passage of time is one of the most horrifying things in existence. Which books deal with the theme of time, decay, and death?

>> No.14904399

>>14904362
all of them

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>>14904362
>S. Fischer Verlag releasing massive editions of Mann's work with commentary to match the length of the work itself
>I can only read reviews of them in a swedish paper because I don't actually know german
Fucking hell

>> No.14904474

>>14904362
The Tartar Steppe will fuck you up bro

>> No.14904615

>>14904469
Those commentated editions are like a billion euros per piece, so I can't even buy them despite knowing German.

>> No.14904726

>>14904615
some university library will have them for sure, why not try there?

>> No.14904788

>>14904362
The last part of the last volume of In Search of Lost Time, with the catch that you'll need to read 6 books preceding that to get its full effect, which will in essence give you your own particular sense of the passage of time yourself