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Hey /lit/

I need recommendations for extremely sad books.

I need something that makes me cry every time I read.

Prefer if the book contains...
>rape
>suicide
>tragic love story
>isolation
>abuse (of any kind)
>rape
>animals being injured
>touching moments
>tragic endings
>deep philosophical shit

Not necessary, but that's the shit that makes me cry.

Pic not related, but its the alien from predator vs alien fucking the Asian kid from Up

>> No.3735055

Never Let me Go

>> No.3735058

The Folded Leaf - William Maxwell

>> No.3735066

>>3735055
>>3735058
Thank you.

>> No.3735077

No Longer Human

>> No.3735091

>>3735055
This looks really good actually, thanks again.

>>3735058
Could you give me a little bit about the book? Cause no where seems to have a good little piece about it without spoiling it.

>> No.3735098

>suicide
>tragic love story
>isolation
>touching moments

The Sound and the Fury

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3735103

>Dom Casmurro - Machado de Assis

I'm writing this post in agony, OP.

>> No.3735112

The Sun Also Rises

I crie every tiem ;_;

>> No.3735118

>>3735103
>>3735112
Thanks guys! And aww poor thing :(

>> No.3735168

Try Eileen Chang's Love In a Fallen City.

>> No.3735187

James Purdy.
While perpetually overlooked, he's still the American master of brutal heartbreak.

>> No.3735197

>>3735187
what's his best novel to start with?

>> No.3735208

>>3735197
Out With the Stars is a good one to start.

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3735205

bawww

>> No.3735212

Jude the Obscure is pretty tragic

>> No.3735222

>>3735205
>>3735212
Super helpful! Thanks! Im going to go on a book spree tomorrow

>> No.3735224

Disgrace - Coetzee
Farewell to arms - Hemingway
Fathers and sons - Turguenev
Wait until spring, Bandini - Fante
La tregua - Benedetti
The heart is a lonely hunter - McCullers

>> No.3735228

For whom the bell tolls is pretty fucking sad in parts.

>> No.3735243

>>3735228
I had a teacher recommend me that book. Whats it about?

>>3735224
Thank you :)

>> No.3735245
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3735245

The World as Will and Representation. Because nothing is more depressing than life itself.

>> No.3735251

>>3735245

>implying it's a sad book

If anything, read Studies in Pessimism from P&P. The layperson wouldn't be able to get past the first chapter of WWR

>> No.3735257

Would you guys recommend the twilight series as a sad book series?

>> No.3735259

>>3735251
It's not the way the book is written, but the realization that there is no shorter path to unhappiness than to attempt to satisfy one's desires.

>> No.3735263

>>3735257
Yes. The style makes me cry.

>> No.3735265

>>3735259

You can get that from reading an intro to Schopenhauer just as well. WWR is dense and most people will get discouraged very early on before they reach Book 4 and all that resignation stuff

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3735272

>deep philosophical shit

differance maeks me cri every tiem

>> No.3735676

Life before Man by Margaret Atwood.

It's a soul crusher.