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20404849

Anonymous Sun May 22 12:19:59 2022 No.20404849 [Reply] [Original]

best book you’ve ever read

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 12:27:13 2022 No.20404863 File: 35 KB, 314x500, 80F8991F-3381-4E5E-A1F4-236F962F495E.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 12:27:21 2022 No.20404864 >>20404849 what other books has he written? I feel like I have a book of his on my backlog, but I can't think of it.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 12:29:34 2022 No.20404871 >>20404864 probably waiting for the barbarians

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 12:36:43 2022 No.20404899 >>20404864 life and times of michael k + in the heart of the country are pretty popular. I thought his autobiographical was exceptional as well. but, those all pale in comparison to disgrace. start there. he won the Nobel because of it for a reason

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>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 12:42:26 2022 No.20404913 File: 23 KB, 254x391, Pnin.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20404849

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 12:45:54 2022 No.20404924 >>20404906 based

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:16:33 2022 No.20405042 File: 239 KB, 1379x2000, 453589.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20404849 Coatzee's incessant use of rhetorical questions in that novel is beyond annoying. I really just don't like him in general though.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:22:10 2022 No.20405062 >>20405042 How does one get into John Barth? He seems interesting but I'm a bit put off by the fact that some of his novels featured in the exit-level /lit/ charts.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:24:22 2022 No.20405071 >>20405062 Floating Opera and Lost in the Funhouse are great introductions. I'd say his not exit or entry but a simpler, but more enjoyable, version of Gass ir Gaddis.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:27:29 2022 No.20405082 >>20404906 >¡!¡!le face diaper!¡!¡ I don't get it.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:28:58 2022 No.20405089 >>20405062 The Sot-Weed Factor is entry level. It's just a reinvention of Don Quixote and then some to justify its existence.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:34:12 2022 No.20405109 File: 132 KB, 1200x1824, 71CcO-jvRUL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20404849 I can never tell if these threads are ironic or not. But I guess I'll contribute.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:40:23 2022 No.20405139 File: 376 KB, 1320x2094, 1651754951479.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20404871 >>20404899 ah, no, it was disgrace, but with this cover.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:45:20 2022 No.20405160 >>20405082 google goetze guy

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:45:21 2022 No.20405161 >>20405109 why would these be ironic? go outside

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:46:22 2022 No.20405165 >>20405139 read it

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:46:45 2022 No.20405166 >>20405161 Many threads on this site are ironic. I am not sure how going outside would alleviate this.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 13:53:04 2022 No.20405190 File: 33 KB, 255x391, Confederacy_of_dunces_cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 16:28:56 2022 No.20405873 >>20405062 just go chronologically. everything he wrote up to The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor is well worth your time.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 22 16:38:13 2022 No.20405908 >>20405082 goatse