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Qrd?

>> No.20994855

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59794391-eggplant
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>> No.20994969

>Arda is a writer covering the LA art scene. But in a commercial world where the artists she respects must debase themselves for recognition, she's begun to lose interest in her career and her friends. When a mysterious benefactor contracts her services, offering her a trip to a strange island resort for an interview with a murderous madman, she is intially terrified. Still, drawn to the idea of a fresh start, and of something unknown waiting to be found, she accepts.

Things quickly become stranger on the island; lunatics, blood-rituals and a deadly fungus all threaten Arda's quest for the perfect interview with a killer. Art and life seemingly mimic each other in a competition to be the strangest, as everything Arda believed previously about creativity is challenged by what she fears in mankind. In the end, she must choose between artistic integrity, and escape from the island.

>>20994855
Lazy

>> No.20995051

>>20994969
Stupid phoneposter

>> No.20995061

>>20995051
I'm not the OP, stupid frog poster

>> No.20995145

>>20994829
Read it.

>> No.20995333

>>20994829
>>20994855
>>20995145
https://www.26reads.com/library/67033-eggplant/1

>> No.20995554

Seriously, why the fuck is it called Eggplant?

>> No.20995573

>>20995554
Probably a dirty reference to something a lunatic says or does

>> No.20995824

People who haven't read Eggplant are missing out

>> No.20995825

>>20995824
Plot sounds dull

>> No.20995830

>>20995825
It gets pretty crazy no cap nigga.

>> No.20997512

I read Eggplant recently. Wasn't sure what to expect going in (I'd read the summary but I figured it had more going on than that), but I enjoyed it in the end. There are a few separate plots that tie into each other, which felt pretty satisfying by the end. It also managed to have a few scenes where I felt genuine dread and unease, which is pretty rare for me (though, to be fair, I don't read much horror). Sometimes there's a tendency in the writing to wax philosophical, but it's ultimately not out of place and the subjects are interesting/novel, they just run slightly long--I think it's a symptom of being a first novel and the author having more ideas than he could properly incorporate.

Anyway, I'd rec it. It's pretty short and satisfying. Not a masterpiece or anything, but I was glad I read it.

>> No.20997519

>>20997512
And yeah, it's much more personal than you'd think from the wacky plot synopsis.

>> No.20997820

>>20994829
Just read it, anon.

>> No.20998220

>>20995573
I thought it was a relic from an earlier draft, then he edited it out and kept the name.

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>>20994829
apparently you can read them in any order!

>> No.20999241

>as serialized in & magazine
& as in /lit/'s magazine? Lmao