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Recommend me some good modern/contemporary lit dealing directly or indirectly with the themes of self-exile from a community. Would appreciate films also.

I've made a mess of my life and I want to move to another country, I'd like something relatable.

>> No.16051135
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In before Uncle Ted.

There was a guy who went into a little spot in the woods of Vermont. Raided a nearby camp every once in a while. Did that for like 31 years I think. Some goober wrote a book about him. Don’t recall the title.

Maybe a travelogue would be nicer

>> No.16051482

>>16051135
They both sound interesting, thank you.

Pretty impressive to evade detection for 31 years if he was just robbing food constantly.

>> No.16051503

>>16051135
You're thinking of Maine, we had the North Woods Hermit or some name like that who was well known but not caught until very recently.

>> No.16052368

Walden by Thoreau

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>>16051057
Not exactly self-exile but it is about guy not really fitting in world he is living in. Really good book anyways would suggest anyone to read it.

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>>16051057
Perfume is somewhat related

>> No.16052469

This is a persistent theme in pretty much every Murakami novel

>> No.16052569

>>16052469
I have 1Q84 sitting on the shelf but I haven't touched it yet

>> No.16052573

>>16052569
It's probably not the best entry point but you might enjoy it

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Nemesis, Philip Roth
Can't tell you anything, even the fact that I suggest it is a major spoiler

The Late Mattia Pascal, Luigi Pirandello
A staple of modern italian literature, it deals with loss of identity and voluntarily cutting oneself off from society

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>>16051503
>North Woods Hermit
That’s the one! Absolutely right
Here’s the book of course.

>> No.16054070

>>16051135
https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit
>Autist
>Neet
>Into reading
>Shunned society
Literally /ourguy/

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