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Can /lit/ recommend any good surreal novels? I checked the Wiki and couldn't find anything.

Thanks in advance.

>> No.2868163
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Bump.

>> No.2868164

Dali wrote a novel, you know.

>> No.2868167

Donald Barthelme perhaps?

>> No.2868192

>>2868164

Are they as good as his paintings?

>> No.2868196

Hebdomeros by Giorgio de Chirico
Nadja by Andre Breton
Zenobia by Gellu Naum
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by Vitezslav Nezval
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrintong

>> No.2868201

The first surreal novel was Maldoror, by "Le Comte de Lautréamont" (Isidore Ducasse).
It's actually a pretty good place to start.

>> No.2868222

Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian

>> No.2868243

Andre Breton. I know he has written about and is sorta credited with big things related to this. You may have to do a little looking into his BIB though, OP. You will benefit from knowing him, though.

>> No.2868255

Heartsnatcher by Boris Vian
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
Paris Peasant by Louis Aragon
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

Novels with surreal elements, not necessarily related to the movement.

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>>2868167
>>2868196
>>2868201
>>2868222
>>2868243
>>2868255

Thanks for the recommendations.

>> No.2868337

none of above recommendations were accurate .

here you go OP :

Kobo Abe - The Box Man
Peter Verhelst - Tonguecat
David Ohle - Motorman
Sphere - Michael Crichton

>> No.2868357

>>2868337
>Sphere - Michael Crichton
and you expect people to take you seriously after this?

>> No.2868375

>>2868337
What? Why can The Box Man count but The Woman in the Dunes can't?

>> No.2868379

>>2868357

i have copy/pasted surrea; book names from list of my books . yes its not a surreal book . that was a mistake . and guess what . i dont give a fuck about what you think about me . im your god . literally a literature god . bow down .

>> No.2868394

>>2868375

because fuck you , thats why

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>>2868379
>>2868394
oh i can't wait for summer to be done with

>> No.2868440

>>2868401

summer . ok . if you dont get the fuck out of this serious discussion i will put two educated elephants in your moms pussy to play ping pong there .