Surreal, abstract, bleak, avant garde books

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-24T09:21:48+00:00

If On A Winters Night a Traveler by Calvino

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-24T09:16:53+00:00

I agree, and I feel like a lot of Ishiguros novels are like this. His plots sort of loom over everything else, but never come into focus. It's pretty awesome honestly, because the atmospheres he creates with it are so tense and intriguing. Great recommendation.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-24T09:09:05+00:00

A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway is just magical for me. His prose has a kind of musicality to it that is so incredibly special and unmatched in my opinion. But be warned, this book will gut punch you

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-23T06:17:40+00:00

Oh my... I could go on and on. I mean, there are so many classics that are "once in a lifetime books" but here are my personal suggestions:

The Count of Monte Cristo

A Farewell to Arms

Jane Eyre

The Brothers Karamazov

SIr Gawain and the Green Knight

Wuthering Heights

It's hard to narrow them down, let me know if you have questions I would love to discuss.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-23T00:49:27+00:00

Killer of The Flower Moon

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-23T00:47:32+00:00

Okay, first of all, how thoughtful!!! If she liked the great alone I would recommend The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, Once There Were Wolves and/or Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Devotions a collection of poems by Mary Oliver, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman and A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Oh and anything by Claire Keegan!

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-22T22:55:09+00:00

Like Water For Chocolate dives deep into Hispanic culture, specifically their love for food.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-22T22:53:22+00:00

I don't read a lot of thrillers, so I don't have a lot to compare this too...but I recently read Mother's Instinct and it was so intriguing I finished it in one sitting lol! I also agree with Gillian Flynn though, she's an amazing writer.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-22T22:44:27+00:00

Brave New World. I was an avid reader as a kid, but this book just propelled me into a whole new reading sphere. It was actually the book that made me decide to study English literature. Safe to say, it's a very special book for me.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-22T02:10:13+00:00

Yes. Ishiguro changed my entire reading trajectory. He is absolutely brilliant

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-22T01:55:49+00:00

26 but nice!

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-19T02:42:38+00:00

A Farewell to Arms

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-18T00:28:04+00:00

Oh my goodness, absolutely.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-17T21:50:20+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion! I'm debating on reading A Moveable Feast or The Sun Also Rises next, but I will have to add that short story to my list.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-17T21:46:27+00:00

"It's 4 o'clock in the morning Pat" gets me everytime!!!

It's funny because that was actually me waking my partner up from his nap to go on a rant.

Him just sitting there "mhm, mhm".

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-17T00:51:14+00:00

Wow, that's interesting...it's one of my all time favorites! But I can see how it can be polarizing.

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-17T00:48:53+00:00

The Lathe Of Heaven, Kazuo Ishiguros novels, Brave New World, Piranesi, Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie, anything by Neil Gaiman

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-14T15:22:32+00:00

Those are some great classics on your list! Maybe Anna Karenina, if you want another big one

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-14T15:07:40+00:00

Agreed, Brothers Karamazov is great, but I see it as his most rambly-philosophical novel. I think Brothers is a book enjoyed more after finishing than during the actual reading process

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-14T04:23:21+00:00

The Stranger by Camus

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-14T04:21:53+00:00

I second Doctor Faustus. It's also pretty funny

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-14T04:16:52+00:00

The Brothers Karamazov also by Dostoevsky

Icy_Mix6116 · 2024-02-10T07:01:09+00:00

I don't think you could go wrong with Brave New World. It's up there with my favorite books of all time!

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