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Has there been a single good book written in the past 30 years?

>> No.11818994

yeah but you won't like them if you have to ask like that

>> No.11819004

>>11818990
Mason & Dixon is fucking great.

>> No.11819019

Yes, but the only people still expressing themselves through literature have an old type of mind. You may as well just read the classics, if you want fresh perspectives then you should focus on mediums that allow for new types of minds to thrive.

>> No.11819566

>>11819004
Nailed it. Also 10th of December is a fantastic collection.

>> No.11819573

>>11818990
Books by Bolaño and Houellebecq come to mind.

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>>11818994
Such as?

>> No.11819635

>>11819627
not telling i don't feel like getting berated today

>> No.11819647

Sebald, you rancid swine.

>> No.11819671

>>11819647
I love that this meme came from the Misc and has made it's way all over the internet

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>>11818990

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>>11819635
that's disappointing anon

>> No.11819685

>>11818990
my diary desu

>> No.11819690

>>11819680
Does anyone know where I can find a Russian version of this?

>> No.11820161

Houllebecq is pretty good but of course if you're comparing contemporary novels to the classics you won't get far.

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>Has there been a single good book written
let me stop you right there

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>> No.11820590

>>11818990
The Things They Carried
Cutting it close, though.

>> No.11820638

>>11818990
The trick is to remember that novels are degenerate. Non-fiction is the light.

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>> No.11821244

>>11818990

Mmmm. I just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

I really enjoyed it.

>> No.11821265

>>11821244
La violacion boipucci

>> No.11821272

The Narrow Road to the Deep North was a good read from what I can remember. But most books now seem to be written for the intention of being made into a film it seems.

>> No.11821280

>>11818990
Unironically the work of David Foster Wallace, and I have never read Infinite Jest

>> No.11821286

>>11818990
We'll know for sure in 50 years.

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>>11820644
>>11819573
Came here to post these