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Anybody here read contemporary lit? My rationale is that it's just about impossible to publish without being aware of what your peers are doing, even if you have a strong basis in the classics through the ages.
I'm reading Pamuk's Snow right now, and it's interesting but it gets a little too precious at times with all of the ruminations on the titular snow. I get its use as a metaphor for the situation as well as something that is used to reflect Ka's state of mind, but I think he just belabors the point a bit.
I'm looking to read something that places an emphasis on the prose and some experimentation next, if anyone has some suggestions. I'm thinking of reading Saeterbakken's Don't Leave Me because it seems like it would fit the bill.
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>>8506544
A self-proclaimed "experimental" novel written just last year.
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>>8506569
Is this something some /lit/ poster self-published? It sounds vaguely familiar.
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>>8506586
Yes.
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>>8506604
I'll probably pass on that because odds are you're Pinchas.
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>>8506611
It wasn't an actual suggestion so much as a practical example of how dumb what you're asking for is.
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>>8506623
I'm not looking for Ulysses-level groundbreaking work, just something slightly off the beaten path for these days.
I'm also just curious to see what other contemporary lit people here are reading.
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Derek McCormick - The Well-Dressed Wound
Lily Hoang - Beastiary
Blake Butler - 300,000,000
Javier Marias - Your Face Tomorrow
Jesse Ball - The Curfew
Ben Lerner - The Lichtenberg Figures
Ben Marcus - The Flame Alphabet
Deb Olin Unferth - Vacation
Justin Taylor - The Gospel of Anarchy
Aase Berg - Remainland
Lance Olsen - Head in Flames
Dennis Cooper - The Marbled Swarm
Ariana Reines - The Cow
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>>8506688
Not OP but thanks. Blake Butler is a good rec. Didnt finish 3mil but was impressed by what I read.
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>>8506768
Why didn't you finish it?
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>>8506776
Friend lent it to me and I read the first few sections to get an idea, I have a few books I need to get through first as research for school writing. It is pretty long and seems like a commitment to read, but that's also because my impression of it is as an ambitious work and I want to get a feel for it. My impression could also be wrong.
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