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Any pessimistic literature that interprets life as being tragedy but has a hint of hope or redemption underneath all the sadness

>> No.21803168

it sounds like that's a personal issue, bro

>> No.21803175

>>21803161
The Book Of Ecclesiastes, which has unfortunately been appropriated on this board by cringe anti-natalists taking individual verses out of context. You should read the whole thing some time, more than a few times

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>>21803161
In Memoriam AHH by Tennyson.

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>> No.21803182

>>21803168
Life is personal, yet also universal

>> No.21803185

>>21803161
Yes, Schopenhauer of course. I don’t read him pessimistically.
And the Buddhist Pali Canon too, for the final red pill.

>> No.21803195

>>21803185
lol Schopenhauer has no hope at all, existence is completely fucked and the only solution is to opt out. Literally hopeless.

>> No.21803263

>>21803161
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.

https://youtu.be/PsHtqVTJ_6k?t=900
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdqSJ5aGoV8

>> No.21803386

>>21803161
Notebook of a Country Priest and Sweating Blood

>> No.21803434

>>21803161
>Any pessimistic literature that interprets life as being tragedy but has a hint of hope or redemption underneath all the sadness
Kierkegaard obviously, but every time you take a leap of faith you hit the ground at 10 m/s/s.

>> No.21803437

>>21803161
No Country For Old Men. McCarthy in general.

>> No.21803450

>>21803161
Henry Miller

>> No.21804292

>>21803161
journey to the end of the night

>> No.21804293

>>21803161
The Road

>> No.21804332

>>21803161
Crime & Punishment

>> No.21804390

>>21803161
>hope underneath the sadness
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(panting; *breaths in*)
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>> No.21804420

>>21803161
All literature is like that

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My diary desu

>> No.21805084

catch twenty two

>> No.21805935

>>21803161
HPMoR

>> No.21806008

>>21803161
The greeks unironically

>> No.21806012

>>21803161
Kierkegaard and Nietzsche lived sad lives but their final moments were peaceful.