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[Anonymous No.15803842]

Since the last one didnt go so great ,i made another one .
Post books with less than 300 pages that are worth reading .
When i have enough might make a mega of them and upload them here

[Anonymous No.15803843]

>>15803842
last thread :
>>15799101

[Anonymous No.15803960]

>>15803842
Good thread. Heres one I like.
Most of Ryu Murukamis books are also in the 200 page range.

[Anonymous No.15804017]

>>15803960
What you like about it ?
Also i always had doubts on reading Murakami ,mostly with the fact that /lit/ says he is not that great , what's your opinion ?

[Anonymous No.15804043]

>>15804017
retard

[Anonymous No.15804052]

>>15803842
Very kino "low" sci-fi

[Anonymous No.15804065]

Blanchot - Thomas The Obscure
Bernhard - Yes, Concrete
Beckett - Texts for Nothing
tao te ching
capital realism

[Anonymous No.15804760]

Joseph Mcelroy's The letter left to me
>Written by a father to his son almost three years before the father's death, the letter in question is discovered a few days after the funeral. Powerful and moving when the boy first opens the envelope, his father's sober woprds warn him against life's daily distractions

[Anonymous No.15805054]

>>15803842
The crying of Lot 49.
If on a winter's night a traveler

[Anonymous No.15805810]

>>15804017
Its written as an introspective analysis on an acquaintances suicide but really author killed himself shortly after this was published. I like the poetic and fragmented way he writes. A lot of quotables.
I think people may dislike Murukami since he borders thriller genre fiction but I think he elevates it enough to be worth reading. His stuff is short so you can make your own determination if you like his style without wasting too much time.

[Anonymous No.15805917]

>>15804017
You’re talking about Haruki Murakami and he’s talking about Ryu Murakami.

[Anonymous No.15805969]

>>15805917
fuck ,yes you are right .Ryu is great ,one of the best on the east side of the transgressive literature

[Anonymous No.15807037]

Piere Guyotat's Eden,Eden,Eden
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Nefariousbig
Jan 27, 2013
Nefariousbig rated it it was amazing
Recommends it for: the unoffendable
Shelves: reviewed
Recommended for: the unoffendable reader in search of artistic avant-garde narrative streams of unpalatable filth that stabs at your sense of decency.

This extremely pornographic, epic narrative is not only utterly and completely unpalatable, it is artistically inspired and enthralling. It truly IS for that unoffendable lot who will reach into the bonfire to save Love’s precious art, and Life’s freedom of expression. Many would not brave the fire for this one.

[Excerpts taken from Preface by Roland Barthes]

Eden, Eden, Eden is a free text: free of all subjects, of all objects, of all symbols, written in space (the abyss or blind-spot) where the traditional constituents of discourse … would be superfluous.

It is hard to breathe when reading this book. There are no hard stops. There are no periods. There are only spaces, pauses that seem to genuflect to the next sequence of thoughts. There is no space between the spaces in between. Only stale air, and stagnant streams. It’s exhilarating, nauseating, and unpalatably vulgar.

[Anonymous No.15807565]

>>15804065
Seconding Blanchot

[Anonymous No.15807579]

>>15807565
what's is it about ?

[Anonymous No.15808410]

John Barth's Lost in the Funhouse
>Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection.

[Anonymous No.15809387]

Nobody talks about it, but The Last Picture Show is incredibly poignant and has stuck with me vividly. It captures so much so beautifully well and does so with zero pretension. It's the only book I can think of that doesn't write teenagers weird. If you are remotely familiar with nowhere towns and the kind of people who live there, this book will pierce your soul. The movie is highly acclaimed and considered a classic, but it was underwhelming to see after reading the book. It really doesn't compare. Plus, it's got a scene where some kids get together and gang rape a cow.

[Anonymous No.15809416]

>>15809387
Wow that last part . You got me there

[Anonymous No.15809679]

>>15809416
Glad to hear.
>LARRY MCMURTRY has deposited $0.02 into your account.

[Anonymous No.15810342]

>>15804052
Picked this up and have already read a 3rd of it, great rec!

[Anonymous No.15810347]

>>15804052
>>15810342
Thirding this recommendation. Good shit. You can see it either before or after the film, too, because they're completely different.