Books similar to moby dick? Not necessarily about the sea, more

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2016-06-09 22:05:30 Post No. 8145183
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Anonymous 2016-06-09 22:05:30 Post No. 8145183 [Report]

Books similar to moby dick? Not necessarily about the sea, more looking for the atmosphere and theme of man's obsessive need to conquer

Anonymous 2016-06-09 22:09:53 Post No.8145211
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Anonymous 2016-06-09 22:09:53 Post No.8145211 [Report]

blood meridian lol

Anonymous 2016-06-09 22:11:04 Post No.8145217
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Anonymous 2016-06-09 22:11:04 Post No.8145217 [Report]

>>8145211
Yea that's a good one, already read it though! Any others?

Anonymous 2016-06-10 01:45:16 Post No.8145854
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 01:45:16 Post No.8145854 [Report]

>>8145183
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber sorta fits that theme, though it's more about manhood.

Anonymous 2016-06-10 02:20:42 Post No.8145976
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 02:20:42 Post No.8145976 [Report]

Mailer's Of a Fire on the Moon.

M-O-O-N spells moon.

Anonymous 2016-06-10 02:29:28 Post No.8146003
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 02:29:28 Post No.8146003 [Report]

>>8145183
Albert Sánchez Piñol, Pandora in the Congo.

Anonymous 2016-06-10 08:10:32 Post No.8146839
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 08:10:32 Post No.8146839 [Report]

>>8145183
Man's obsessive need to conquer
Read some european history books senpai

kitty (ID: !kitty/EnNg) 2016-06-10 08:40:44 Post No.8146909
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kitty (ID: !kitty/EnNg) 2016-06-10 08:40:44 Post No.8146909 [Report]

>>8146839
>We have fed our sea for a thousand years
>And she calls us, still unfed

Anonymous 2016-06-10 09:29:32 Post No.8146994
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Anonymous 2016-06-10 09:29:32 Post No.8146994 [Report]

Absalom, Absalom has the same sort of feel. Sutpen was a beast