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quick /lit/, recommend me something melancholic and short that deals with the disillusionment of living in modern society.

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>> No.3473091

>>3473044
shoplifting from american apparel
bed
eeeee eee eeee
richard yates

>> No.3473123
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3473123

Penny Red
Riot Porn
Meat Market
Discordia

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>>3473123
This.

Anything by Laurie Penny.

>> No.3473141
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>>3473091
This.

Anything by Tao Lin.

>> No.3473143

The Coming Insurrection.
>The Coming Insurrection.
The Coming Insurrection.

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>>3473141
>Tao Lin
MMXIII

>> No.3473165

Don Delilo's White Noise, to an extent, although "short" might not apply here.

The Society of the Spectacle.

>> No.3473168

>>3473152
Just keep acting smug until Taipei gets released. the furies will tear this board apart with a power never seen before.

>> No.3473179

>>3473168
That's what you faggots said about Richard Yates, and look at the disaster that was. You had a couple of weeks of spamming it, everyone telling you to fuck off, then you skulked off and the book died after people found out what total shit it was.

>> No.3473211

is this a metro-ko thread?

>> No.3473303

keep the apidistra flying

>> No.3473356

>>3473168
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E80SX5idc#t=53m00s

>> No.3473456

>>3473356
So looks like she will break down in tears if you yell at her. Not a good spokesperson for feminism in that sense.

>> No.3473627

>>3473044
You should read some of the short works of Osamu Dazai. He has a few short stories that are on that tip.

>> No.3474419

>>3473123
This is surprisingly good.

>> No.3474442

Ha ha readings for fags XD

>> No.3474510

>>3473123
Feels pretty amusing to see someone describe your personal lifestyle as a hell people need to escape out of.

>> No.3474797

>>3473123
Laurie Penny just wants to be this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yIoIEI44

>> No.3474813

>>3474442
Well they are expensive these days.