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László Krasznahorkai. A book with an exceptional love for craft, executed in long, unfurling sentences. Much like those videos that start in outer space, fixate on a single point, and zoom in to the microscopic level. Never before has a text allowed the reader to be so childlike in both our obliviousness and omniscience.
Nov 24, 2023
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mischief is afoot in a dying, isolated mountain community. absurdity in the mundane. definitely a book where you want to be in a quiet place to focus on reading.
Feb 11, 2025
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the doll's alphabet by camilla grudova - strange, fabulous, surreal short stories that play around with the grotesque, gothic and uncanny
fen by daisy johnson - short story collection set in the same setting, reads as if fables or myths
drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk - less overtly weird but hypnotic, concerned with astrology, william blake and morals. eccentric and delightful and one of the very very very best books ever written
the fish by lloyd jones - oh i love this one.. told through the point of view a young boy whose sister gives birth to a fish. devastating and compelling and strange
swanfolk by kristin ómarsdóttir - a young spy is entranced by a group of swan women. very dreamy and whimsical but also investigating ideas of power / sanity / violence
lament for julia by susan taubes - novella + short stories, one of the best books i've ever read. the novella is disturbing and strange, told through the POV of a demon who lives inside julia's i and wickedly controls / recounts her life
agree w the pisces by melissa broder - romance with a merman that is fabulous and fun and weird
audition by pip adam - a scifi novel about prison abolishment that plays with a really unique, experimental writing style. i loved it even though i traditionally don't like scifi/fantasy
pale fire by vladimir nabokov - poem, fictional poet, forward, index; such a weird, strange, experimental, confident and unusual structure with a plot that is as equally as strange by the time you're finished
any kafka too...obviously
hope this helps, i love weird lit ♡
Jun 1, 2024
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by magda szabo (hungarian author i believe).
i’m also currently loving light years by james salter
Dec 14, 2024
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Of chastity, of fidelity, of loyalty, etcetera. Lend some weight to your words. Different from a resolution. De-concretize yourself. Make a promise to the abstract and transcendent.
Nov 24, 2023