Meta means smart

[Anonymous No.20122022]

What are some books with meta-narratives similar to pic related?

[Anonymous No.20122036]

>>20122022
short story collections like lost in the funhouse or barthelme's sixty stories do meta best. basically anyone with "Barth" somewhere in their last name

[Anonymous No.20122132]

>>20122022
Gide is worth looking into. The Pale King is good as well.

[Anonymous No.20122140]

>>20122036
Agreed.
And Beckett, of course, who's the best of them all. And Borges. Nabokov too, but to a lesser extent.

[Anonymous No.20122704]

>>20122036
In barthelemeus baloon, i really didnt care for the meta element. The story was so engaging and creative on a surface level, which was even acknowledged by the kids bouncing on the “complex surface of the baloon” but it didnt add anything that it was acknowledged. Last paragraph was beautiful. Lost in the funhouse i disliked. The meta was cheap and too in your face. I rolled my eyes through the second half.
>>20122140
With nabokov its different. Its not just a mirror pointed at a mirror to create the illusion of depth but he plays a part in the cosmology of the book by inserting himself as a demiurge character so it adds to the story. Unless youre in the business of imposing statements about the external world to the use of that device

[Anonymous No.20122855]

>>20122022
As always, Cervantes did it first.