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I'm looking for the hegel of f(...) 07/24/24(Wed)06:57:43 No.23622029

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I'm looking for the hegel of fiction Anonymous 07/24/24(Wed)06:57:43 No.23622029 Archived

What's the most difficult to read fiction book you've ever read?

Anonymous
07/24/24(Wed)07:07:54 No.23622051

Anonymous 07/24/24(Wed)07:07:54 No.23622051

The Golden Bowl

Anonymous
07/24/24(Wed)07:13:18 No.23622062

Anonymous 07/24/24(Wed)07:13:18 No.23622062

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Proust’s ISOLT is likely the most verbose fiction book you will ever read. It is really straightforward but just written in a flowery way.

Anonymous
07/24/24(Wed)07:53:56 No.23622173

Anonymous 07/24/24(Wed)07:53:56 No.23622173

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Worstward Ho, Finnegans Wake, Tender Buttons

Anonymous
07/24/24(Wed)11:54:48 No.23622804

Anonymous 07/24/24(Wed)11:54:48 No.23622804

Definitely Finnegans Wake. Nothing else comes close, it's gibberish.
There are also difficult, but approachable books. Ulysses, Pierre; or the Ambiguities, and Faust part 2.
And there are also a few I know only by reputation: late Henry James (Ambassadors, Wings of the Dove, Golden Bowl), Thomas Pynchon, Arno Schmidt (Bottom's Dream), Carlos Fuentes (Terra Nostra).

Anonymous
07/24/24(Wed)11:58:07 No.23622812

Anonymous 07/24/24(Wed)11:58:07 No.23622812

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proust's prose is purple as piss idk how he get a pass

Anonymous
07/24/24(Wed)12:02:59 No.23622820

Anonymous 07/24/24(Wed)12:02:59 No.23622820

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Any Virginia Woolf