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Please offer opinions on any and all of these books. I know most, although not all,of the authors, but still don't know if these books are good. Detailed opinions, without spoilers, would help this fag out.

Nemesis – Isaac Asimov
The Convent – Panos Karnezis
Little Infamies – Panos Karnezis
Cold Spring Harbor – Richard Yates
A Good School – Richard Yates
Disturbing The Peace – Richard Yates
The Metamorphosis – Franz Kakfa
Against The Day – Thomas Pynchon
The Stranger – Albert Camus
White Noise – Don DeLillo

>> No.1771615

You should try reading them.

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did you buy those for your high school class?

>> No.1771618

>>1771616

Yeah, because American high schools assign Panos Karneziz and Thomas Pynchon.

Any actual views on them? Why is it so offensive asking for opinions on books? Isn't that the principle, if not exclusive function of this board?

>> No.1771622

White Noise- Good writing, good plot, terribly flat characters that all blend into each other.

>> No.1771641

>>1771622

Thanks mister, I want to get it now. I've never read DeLillo before, so it should be good.

>> No.1771655

>The Metamorphosis – Franz Kakfa
i hope it comes with other stories. hunger artist, in the penal colony, the judgement and maybe one or two others were better than the metamorphosis imo.

>>1771641
white noise is a great intro to delillo. unlike the other anon i liked it. it wasn't my favorite book ever but it was a really good one.

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>>1771618
what do american high schools assign then?
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>> No.1771666

>>1771655

I can get The Complete Short Stories of Kafka for a medium price, or The Metamorphosis by itself but dirt cheap. I think I'm gonna just get TM.

>> No.1771671

>>1771661

I don't know what they assign, since I'm English, not American. These books are respectable, why are people implying they're entry-tier?

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>>1771666
>paying for books on the public domain
>>1771671
>claims to be american to refute my argument
>LOL NO NOT AMERICAN ENGLISH

>> No.1771821

>>1771666
>I think I'm gonna just get TM.

whatever. your loss. not mine. if you got the complete stories you could read tm, then read the others at a later date.