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18587508 No.18587508 [Reply] [Original]

I would put it on the same level as Blood Meridian and Gravity's Rainbow. Why is it not discussed much here? is it because it is by a woman? or by an african american? Well, if you don't know about it check it out, i believe /lit/ would love it!
>inb4 seething /pol/acks infiltrate the literature board, when they only read Mein Kampf

>> No.18587679

>>18587508
It’s great if you’re poor. Join the rich bros and read Tolstoy and Proust.

>> No.18587689

Nobody said a black American woman can’t write a good book. I think people just don’t like pretending it’s the greatest book ever written or anywhere close to it because it’s simply not.

>> No.18587741

>>18587689
lol, have you been on this board? every african american writers thread becomes a "exercise my 1st amendment right" thread or "niggas can't write" thread. Besides, nobody called it the greatest. It's not Moby Dick, but imo it's at least in the top 20 best american novels.

>> No.18587764

>>18587508
Just leave

>> No.18587771

>>18587508
>>inb4 seething /pol/acks infiltrate the literature board, when they only read Mein Kampf
holy rent free. imagine being so insecure you see ebil nazis everywhere

>> No.18587789

>>18587508
Song of Solomon is better.

>> No.18587804

>>18587508
I've read Song of Solomon and Bluest Eye and those were both excellent. Still need to get to Beloved, though.
As an aside, you probably would have more luck discussing the book if you didn't bring up /pol/ in the first post.

>> No.18587847

>>18587764
>>18587771
you need to go back

>> No.18587850

>>18587741
Yes, I have and I do agree that most of them are bad.

>> No.18587857

>>18587741
>top 20 best american novels.
Not even close.

>> No.18587911

>>18587508
pairs well with some ken wilber

>> No.18587923

>>18587789
Strongly disagree.

>> No.18588749

>>18587804
Beloved is pretty solid but not as good as those other two

>> No.18588766

>>18587508
Post prose

>> No.18588915

>>18587857
why not?

>> No.18588929

>>18588915
You tell me why you think it is.

>> No.18588931

>>18588915
because there are better ones

>> No.18588952

>nigger
>woman
Yeh OP, you were right. /pol/chu(a)ds will skip this nignot trash

>> No.18589055

I don’t love the writing but the balance between spooky and literary is very good, probably the best I’ve read.