/lit/ - Can I get some recommendations for pessimist ficti - Literature

Anonymous

01/15/25(Wed)09:43:20 No.24112873

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Can I get some recommendations for pessimist fiction? Not in a gay "companies are gonna keep fucking us over!!!" way though. Something more grounded

Anonymous
01/15/25(Wed)09:45:56 No.24112878

Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)09:45:56 No.24112878

You cannot.

Anonymous
01/15/25(Wed)09:46:25 No.24112879

Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)09:46:25 No.24112879

>>24112878
I'm growing more pessimistic

Anonymous
01/15/25(Wed)09:46:35 No.24112880

Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)09:46:35 No.24112880

My diary desu

Anonymous
01/15/25(Wed)09:52:49 No.24112895

Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)09:52:49 No.24112895

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>>24112873
How is "companies are gonna keep fucking us over!!!" not grounded? You're literally seeing it happen more and more, it's the reason literature is in this current sorry booktok state this board complains about constantly.
What I believe you meant is that you want a more introspective work on the human experience, soul and nature rather than a work detailing societal problems and the harms of our current age. Read Mishima and Dazai even if the translations are a little sticky, third worlders like japanese and russians tend to write some depressing shit. The french did too when their country was in crisis.

Anonymous
01/15/25(Wed)09:56:41 No.24112900

Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)09:56:41 No.24112900

>>24112895
Yes you're right. I'm looking for something more internal and resentful. You reminded me that I should check out The Setting Sun.