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They're pretty rare. Post some good ones.

>> No.19509910

>>19509902
my wife read this, said it was pretty good

>> No.19509911

>>19509902
Cannonball, Joseph McElroy
The Dying Grass, William T. Vollmann
The Pale King, David Foster Wallace
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, Laszlo Krasznahorkai
The Brunist Day of Wrath, Robert Coover
John the Posthumous, Jason Schwarz

that's all I can think of

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Still in constant editing.

>> No.19511136

moss-klaus modick
gilda trillim-steven l. peck

and all of the english translations of wolfgang hilbig

>> No.19511953

>>19509902
some obese bitch assigned this to me in college, it sucked so much

>> No.19512157

A Primer for Cadavers

>> No.19512177

>>19509911
LMAO

>> No.19512265

>>19512177
ling ma balls

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>>19509902
>>19509910
>>19511953
An American penpal sent it to me. It was fucking shit. DNF.

Pic related was comfy.

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>> No.19512734

>>19512732
Based, Gothic Violence was pretty good too.

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>>19512728
Also this. Supremely comfy, if somewhat melancholic for what appears to be a kids book

>> No.19512774

The pale king made me cry

>> No.19512809

>>19512728
I read CSW a couple weeks ago. It was okay, but nothing special. It was flat in that dull and lifeless way lots of contemporary Japanese literature is.

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think it came out in 2009 in Japan but I feel this counts as 2010s lit for us burgers

>> No.19512865

>>19509902
There's been some good Latin American writers popping up. From those I've read Luiselli's Faces places, Melchor's Hurricane season, Enríquez' The things we lost in the fire and Schweblin's Rescue distance are good. There's some other good ones I've read that haven't been translated yet and some that are apparently good that I haven't gotten to.

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Convenience Store Woman is not only my favorite book of the 2010s but one of my top 5 generally.

>> No.19512939

>>19512728
>>19512898
Oh, lol guess I should've read the thread first.

>> No.19512954

>>19512728
>>19512898
>>19512939
My favourite part is when she considers just fucking murdering someone there and then for being a minor inconvenience to her job

>> No.19513122

>>19512954
I have absolutely been there multiple times. Honestly, this book is the only reason I survived retail as long as I did.

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>>19509902
>Pic
>Second half of knausgaard's autobiography
>unironically, Egan's A visit from the goon squad
>Lots of really good sci fi came out including the works which will eventually free the genre from the nerdy manbaby's grasp including dreams of amputation

>> No.19513180

>>19513122
>11 years in animal / pet retail as low level management
As soon as I've had paternity leave I'm out

>> No.19513215

>>19513180
congrats on being a father bro

>> No.19513227

>>19513215
Cheers bro. Tomorrow's the due date but I'm feeling it'll be next week now

>> No.19513252

>>19512732
based. Haven't read Gothic Violence yet, but it's sitting on my night stand, ready to go

>> No.19513448

>>19513227
>>19513180
I bounced between a few retail jobs over about 10 years too. From warehouse grunt, sales, all the way to management. It was soul crushing and I thought of suicide often and attempted once. But thankfully I made it out and now I work in a still soul crushing job but I'm not insulted on a daily basis and work a set schedule.

I just became a dad in September and I'll warn you about the following fellow retail bro:
Overtiredness - Practice sleep scheduling early
Cluster feeding - No one told us about this, but it can be rough if you're not prepared
Also, you can be rougher and less careful than you think when picking them up.

>> No.19514019

>>19513448
Thanks for the notes, king. I hope you and your family are well.

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>>19509902
The Pale King obviously
Psychedelics, Alienation, & Change was also pretty good (Haven't read any other of Lin's yet)

This is pretty funny, though I went for the audiobook instead of the written version.

Haven't read a lot of books from the past 11 years, any reccs based on these 3 are welcome.

>> No.19515750

>>19512177
What the fuck is so funny about my list? We have motherfuckers on this board talking about worthless drivel like Haruki Murakami more than Vollmann or McElroy and it is pitiful. This whole board has taste that is way too similar to Reddit and "Booktube" (for Christ's sake), I'm at least attempting to tell people about worthwhile literature.

>> No.19515829

>>19515750
I'm not the one who posted lmfao but it's just the usual /lit/ suspects. What people miss is that these authors are genuinely the canon and not the slop that gets awards now. I think the laughter might even be hyper cynical that what is cliche on 4chan is actually the highest literary art for our time - which is quite sad.

>> No.19515854

>>19512898
>>19512728
interesting book for sure, along with
>>19512836
murakami which ranks up there on weirdness