I've read most long books I wanted to read so I'm looking for something quite different.These long books usually overwhelm you with new characters every page, plot lines that go nowhere and a stream of information about many subjects.So I'm looking for the opposite of that. Short, dense and intense books that can only be read a few pages at a time.Do you have any suggestions?
Mann's "The Magic Mountain" is best enjoyed one chapter at a time.
>>25330298Why do you require the guidance of anonymous internet strangers? Just pick a shorter book that looks appealing to you. God damn.
>>25330305I've been using this website enough to recognize the majority of quality posters and I appreciate when they take some time to reply to my threads.
>>25330298i would say steppenwolf
the tunnel by gassi will forever shill this book onto deaf ears and i am ok with that
>>25330298I legitimately can only read Being and Time at a rate of about a page or two a day and I read fiction at 100+ pages an hour.
>>25330298>I've read most long books I wanted to readNow all that's left is all the long books you *should* read.>Short, dense and intense books that can only be read a few pages at a time.I assume we're talking literature here. Because any decent mathematics textbook beats the shit out of anything in the humanities when it comes to thought required per symbol on the page.Anyway, my recommendation is poetry.— Pick a good book of poetry.— Read one poem per day.— Learn them by heart.I personally like <pic attached> but go for whatever makes your toenails twinkle.
>>25330298Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
>>25330298Plats by John TrefryMaybe one of the best 21st century books I’ve ever read. Very strict formal structure of 10 lines per paragraph, 3 paragraphs per page. Around 150 pages long. Each paragraph functions as a modular unit of prose-poetry. The narrative (if there is a narrative to speak of) is non-linear and has minimal characters (an I, a you, and a she). There is a chaotic, fragile whole that emerges if you read it cover to cover, and despite the highly abstract language it has a deeply resonant emotional core.
>>25330304Its best enjoyed after the 6th reread t. Mann
>>25330298Flaubert would be the counter-style to this: one voice, no overtly complicated sentences, but edited and refined to the point of perfection. All his four novels are worth your time, and he's the best teacher of style.If you want to notice details in description you need to stay on the page a bit longer and think about word choice and what it makes you imagine.
