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>Stendhal syndrome is a psychosomatic disorder that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to an experience of great personal significance, particularly viewing art.

Name the book that made you laugh and weep at the same time.

>> No.6875922

Absalom, Absalom.

>> No.6875925

I haven't read it yet but it's going to be a guidebook to where all the gold bars and cocaine is hidden.

Seriously though a book has never made me cry. Not once.

>> No.6875929

>>6875897
Is Stendhal that good?

>> No.6875933

>>6875897
A Scanner Darkly

>> No.6875955

>>6875897
Shigurui.

Yes, I am the guy that mentions Shigurui when given even the slightest chance.

>> No.6875959

>>6875897
Berserk

>> No.6875976

>>6875929
He just described the phenomenon, apparently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendhal_syndrome

>> No.6875988

Gravity's Rainbow is genuinely a very good book, guys. (Gravity's Rainbow is my answer, btw.)

>> No.6876024

>>6875988
it's alright

>> No.6876031

>>6875897
>fainting

i thought this said 'farting' lmfao what's the last art you saw that made you fart

>> No.6876043

>>6875897
Ulysses. Dat ending.

>> No.6876057

>>6876031
>Absalom, Absalom
Ulysses.

>> No.6876910

>>6875929
It's somewhat similar to Russian lit. I really liked the Red and the Black but you've to be okay with reading about Montecristo-type Parisian aristocracy for 500 pages.

>> No.6876983

The part in Infinite Jest where that weird Quebecois store-owner who's mute is killed.

Also all of Hal's emotional breakdowns and crises towards the end. Too many feelings.