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>Collection of short stories where each one has its own set of characters and plot
>But each short stories has small connections to the others through cameos and allusions you wouldn't notice without having read them all

>> No.16339754
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>>16339745
>author does this in their collection
>professor still only assigns one or two stories from the collection, and overloads you with readings from other authors so you don't have time to read the full collection even if you wanted to

>> No.16339785

>>16339745
Winesburg, Ohio is a short story collection that does this very well

>> No.16339828
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>Book follows three different characters that are each incredibly different and located in different parts in the country
>Their plots slowly start to come together until they fully combined at the end and the characters all meet each other and realize they're all part of the same single plot

>> No.16340474

>>16339828
Swan Song by Robert McCammon was okay

>> No.16340639

>>16339828
Count Zero

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>>16339785
>Each of the stories shares a specific character's past and present struggle to overcome the loneliness and isolation that seem to permeate the town.
I'd only read "Hands" from this collection, nice to know there's more like it.

>> No.16340833

>>16340798
Of course the only one you read was "Hands". Do you seek out stories like that because you "relate" to the protagonist.

>> No.16340849

Kevin Brockmeier does this with most of what he writes. "The Illumination" is pretty great.

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>>16340833
I like giving headpats. You have a problem with that?
I actually found it by looking for a list of stories about alienation.

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>Short story collection is connected by setting, but each story has a different character
>Last story in the collection references all the previous characters

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>>16339745
Utena was such a babe
but fuck everything after the student council arc and fuck the movie

>> No.16342826

>>16340639
Kamen Rider Agito

>> No.16342904

>>16339745
Wendell Berry did this but his stuff isn’t that good

Salinger did a good job but it’s not really subtle like you’re talking about.
Andre Dubus used recurring characters in his short fiction
Fitzgerald mentions characters from The Ice Palace in The Jelly-Bean

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>>16339745
YES! We like this.
This is the best format ever. Quite a few well-known works use it (Cannery Row; I, Robot etc) but I've never come across anything that really exploits it to the full. The field is wide open!

>>16339828
This is also great. Lots of good examples. Light in August does it with two main stories. Dickens uses it all the time (Bleak House, Little Dorrit etc). In a lighter vein, Terry Pratchett almost always does it in the books set in Ankh-Morpork.

>> No.16343696

>>16339745

A related format:

>collection of short stories
>each has its own set of main characters
>one character appears in every story but he's only a minor character

Conrad did this a bit. He had a guy called Marlowe who was (maybe) a stand-in for himself, who appears in several books (Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim) but only tangentially.

>> No.16343846

>>16342352
What’s the matter, can’t handle kino?
The Anthy reveal at the end of Balck Rose arc was a mindfuck.

>> No.16343869

>throughout his career author writes many short stories, occasionally the protagonist will have the same name
>after his death all these stories are collected and once fitted together reveal an autobiography

>> No.16344512

>>16343846
>The Anthy reveal at the end of Balck Rose arc was a mindfuck.
I will give you that, I probably like the BR arc more than most; honestly I think my hatred for some of the stuff in Utena comes from /u/

>> No.16344969

>>16344512
>/u/
There’s the problem.

>> No.16345365

>>16339745
The king in yellow

>> No.16346142

>>16339785
a visit from the goon squad is also excellent

>> No.16346162

>>16339745
Balzac does this but even with novels. He spreads this over 93 pieces, from short stories to full-blown novels.