/lit/ - Literature

>>19586042
>op is a frog poster

>protag has a profession which is a very obvious substitution for author

>>19586042
pr0: tag dein scheiss xD

>>19586042
>op is a faggot

>>19586048
Name (1) book

I've read two recently. Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami, where the protagonist is a painter but most of the thought process is clearly from Murakami's own experiences as a writer. A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene, where the protagonist is a world famous architect known for works that are considered important to Catholics. Although in the second case it is done with a lot of self awareness.

There are quite a lot of examples where an author that has been famous for a while writes about a character who experiences much the same things except that he isn't an author.

>>19586125
was in reply to >>19586113

>protag has a library of some sort

>protag is a reader
if I wanted to read about a dork I'd read my diary

>>19586042
>author is a writer

>>19586042
>protag is a white male

>>19586042
>protag

>>19586042
>Protag is an unreliable narrator

>protagonist is a 50-something college professor who acts out the author's teenage fantasies to the backdrop of stilted literary formalism

>>19586228
I've seen so many people online make fun of this type of book that I kinda want to read one. Anyone have any recs?

>>19586042
Or a professor
Suco and tired

>>19586219
>Protag hates other people and society

>protag, antag and narrator turns out to be the same person

>protag is standing behind you

>>19586312
>greek style drama with a million characters turns out to be one schizo
there's no way a twist like this hasn't been done before

>>19586042
>minor character violently murders author's literal self-insert
I'm looking at you, Houellebecq