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Which novelists capture the soul of America?

>> No.21927916

"Old" America: Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath
Modern America: DeLillo - Underworld

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>> No.21927920

>>21927916
Old America: Gatsby

>> No.21927924

>>21927920
That works. I think reading these three books you can gain a pretty good insight into the heart of the country. If you were looking for one singular book, though, it's Grapes of Wrath. Easily.

>> No.21927952

Dare I say it?

>> No.21927959

>>21927916
I think Steinbeck is so overrated. The only truly great American novelists were Hawthorne and Melville. America transformed so wildly in the 19th century that nothing really incredible has been able to grow here ever since. I do admit that I really like Blood Meridian, but Cormac McCarthy is not an equivalent author at all.

>> No.21927965

The Scarlet Letter
Moby Dick
Gatsby

>> No.21927973

>>21927959
Spoken like a low IQ npc.

>> No.21927994

F. Gardner - Call of the Crocodile

>> No.21928156

>>21927905
Melville
>>21927965

>> No.21928163

>>21927905
Isnt GR set in England during ww2?

>> No.21928175

>>21928163
>he still regards setting as anything but the background color
I bet you think plot matters, too

>> No.21929147

Lolita

>> No.21929723

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91gT68xeDMM

>> No.21930444

>>21927905
We need five maybe seven threads of Blood Meridian at any one time. Now look at the name field.