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Anonymous Fri Jun 8 22:01:45 2012 No.2706077 [Reply] [Original]

Recommend any other books that meet these criteria:

* it's got an eerie/mysterious/creepy feel to it
* other than being entertaining, it touches on some serious life issues
* main character struggles to survive despite terrible adversities and finds ways to adapt
* theme of being trapped in some way

Image related (one of my favorite books).

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 8 22:02:43 2012 No.2706082 File: 14 KB, 200x267, kafka.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Kafka's your man

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 8 22:06:43 2012 No.2706090 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 8 22:06:43 2012 No.2706091 >>2706082 Seconding this OP, I can't think of an author that fulfils those criteria to a better extent.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 8 22:06:43 2012 No.2706093 File: 21 KB, 283x232, AbeKobo2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] perhaps Kobo Abe, who is practically a disciple of Kafka...

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