heckeler06 wrote:
anna-banana wrote:
heckeler06 wrote:
Hm, off the top of my head and glancing at my bookshelves:
-Knut Hamsun's "Hunger"
-JK Huysmans "A Rebours"
-I'll throw Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London"--not really isolation or solitude, but really, Orwell is the memorable character, everyone else weaves in and out of the story, but then the focus is on his experience and nothing else. His relationships are pretty meaningless in it.
-Sartre's "Nausea"
excellent taste you have! I was going to mention these two as well.
also:
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
Ah! You have good taste as well [and good taste in booze from what I've gathered from other threads!]
I'm a bit amazed you recognize Huysmans and Hamsun--I don't come across many people who have!
And for a short story of isolation: Gotta throw in Kafka's "Metamorphosis".
yeah was going to mention Kafka but since the thread is called "novels" I decided against it
I actually did Scandinavian studies at uni, hence my knowledge of Hamsun (have to say I kinda hated all his other books though
) and Huysmans was a gift from a friend who literally demanded that I read it "rite nao!!!1" because it was "so awesome". and it was! I read it 3 more times since then.
good booze & good literature are a nice mix too
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