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Out of all the depressing literature recommended in the wiki, which would you say is the best overall read?

>> No.3543304
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>>3543296
Skip them and read this instead.

>> No.3543325

>>3543304

No.


Any way.

>> No.3543329

or you could play katawa shoujo

IT'S FREE

FEELS

>> No.3543342

>>3543304
OK

>> No.3543343

The Book of Disquiet.

>> No.3543357

>>3543325
Why not?

>> No.3543396

>>3543329
I think it was written by a sixteen year old retarded esl kid

it certainly reads like it

>> No.3543409

beckett

>> No.3544351

Bump.

>> No.3544379

>>3543343
what a boring piece of shit,nothing but his sadness through all the 700 pages

>> No.3544426

Probably Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Most of Steinbeck's other works such as The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and The Winter of Our Discontent can get just as depressing as the titles listed on the chart.

For me, Dazai's No Longer Human is the most depressing book on the chart. If you like it, read Confessions of a Mask by Mishima. The rest of Mishima's works aren't very depressing, but you should read The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and The Sea of Fertility tetralogy anyways.

Some people find Dostoevsky's works depressing. For certain, if you want depressing go with Notes from Underground and The House of the Dead. Demons is his darkest novel, but like Crime and Punishment, it's a hit or miss for a depressing read.

Kafka is a lot like Celine, he's more dark humor and oppressive atmosphere than depressing. That oppressive atmosphere depresses a lot of people though. Read The Trial, The Castle, and his collected stories if you're looking for that. Amerika is like P.G Wodehouse in comparison, but it's worth a look if you like Kafka.

Read Camus, specifically The Stranger, The Plague, and The Fall. Read Mann's Buddenbrooks too.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short stories can get very depressing. Grab the penguin edition of Rashomon and 17 other stories.

TLDR
>Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, The Winter of our Discontent
>Dazai's No Longer Human, Mishima's Confessions of a Mask
>Dostoevsky, Kafka, Camus, Akutagawa, Mann's Buddenbrooks

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Sartre and Camus are kinda depressing. I think Sartre more so. Also Sound and the Fury isnt particularly happy book

>> No.3545721

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

>> No.3546611

For whom the bell tolls.

Fuck me there were some feelzy moments there.

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3548864

How about Stoner or Bell Jar?

>> No.3549030

>>3543296
The Metamorphosis made me shed tears. In the beginning, certain descriptions made me smile or chuckle, but once Kafka began describing the apple stuck inside of Gregor, how slow his movement became thanks to the apple, and the dust collecting in his room and on him, I just couldn't take it.

>> No.3549051

Steppenwolf

>> No.3549196

>>3549030
You are right, I think It is a sad book in general.
>>3549051
No man, he gets the girls, the drugs; it doesn't get better than that.

>> No.3549212

>>3543304
Anyone tell me more about this book? Why this reaction...?

>>3543325