/lit/ - Literature

I have seen pic related recommended a lot, to people who enjoy the lore of Dark Souls. What am I in for? Is it worth the read?

>>17052483
>what are some kafkaesque novels
>no kafka
What did he mean by this? Read Peake

Is there anything quite like it?

I'm still 3/4 in, but it's already one of the best books I've ever read. The language is beautiful, the characters are all weird but delightful and unique, and I wanted more books that felt like it after I finish the trilogy. I have already read Miéville which cites him as a big influence but he's not even close to Peake, and I'm to read Gloriana by Moorcock.

Doesn't need to be fantasy specifically.

I'll keep shilling this until it becomes a /lit/ meme

Your picture's illustration style reminded of this, dunno if you've read it. Also it's not a fantasy novel but a gothic novel and published before Fellowship I believe. To a normal ready it can be pretty hard to read but if you've gotten through IJ and JR you should be ok

Jorge and George

Beautiful prose and descriptions, otherworldly atmosphere. Character that first glance seem merely comic but develop into sympathetic and multi-dimensional breathing creatures. Original ideas and vision, littered with meaning just beyond our understanding (thinking of Keda and the Old Man). The same goes for Gormenghast, and nearly so for Titus Alone, though that ventures into the surreal.

>>10037955
Kind of "Borges-like" but it's pre-Tolkien and more Gothic than fantasy but it's definitely literary and very smart

>>9841270
I used to suscribe to that meme of not subvocalizing. However, when I don't subvocalise I lose focus after a few pages. I get that all too commun feel where you read a whole page and don't even remember what it was about. I also find subvocalising at speech speed enrich the prose of great novels.

Pic related, the style and color of the prose takes shape only with good subvocalisation.

>>9530594

>>9473461
About an un-tolkien as you can get while still being good

>>9472154

>implying Steerpike wasn't a tragic hero

Is it gothic?

>create interesting, Machiavellian antagonist who drives the story's plot
>slowly develop his relationship with main female character
>devote pages upon pages to examining his motives of ambition and greed
>suddenly he goes crazy and starts killing people for no reason, then dies

Was Peake a hack, /lit/?

>>9409778
Top kek

>>9407607
>he doesn't realize the greatest work of the 20th century is fantasy

Eddison, Mervyn Peake

Embrace it, son

>>9171538
This guy gets it

>>9170175
Not even memeing you, son. Ritual is the center of the entire book.

Sorry man

Is fantastic prose enough?