itt essential americana

>>8780256
Best americana is by immigrants. Like, Lolita, or American Gods.

The grass is always greener, I guess.

isn't this in the essential /lit/core chart? you guys have terrible taste

>>8780256
White Noise.

>>8780256
Train Dreams

As a non American I'm really interested in this.

>>8780256
What're exactly do you mean by americana? Also, "Cathedral" is great.

>>8780487
a nostalgic or romantic view/celebration of American culture and folklore

>>8780273
you named one

the last picture show

>>8780529
I've only seen the film, but it was great.

>>8780256
Steinbeck in general (my favorite was Tortilla Flat but TWC or GoW more on topic)

Bradbury's Dandelion Wine

Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire

Thompson's Hell's Angels

Twain's Huck Finn

Diaz's Drown

Miller's Death of a Salesman

probably something by Ambrose Bierce. all i've read is A Horseman in the Sky which is really short but just great. Something by Bret Harte (Outcasts of Poker Flat is all I read.) London, Melville, L'Amoure, the usual suspects.

Hawthorne's tales, Poe's stories, Whitman, Thoreau.

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>>8780495
>American culture and folklore

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also anything by Harry Crews

>>8780273
>american gods
>essential
Are you memen or are you dancer?

>>8780273

> Lolita
> Americana

What are you smoking, anon?

>>8781178
did you even read it? of course not.

DeLillo literally wrote a book called Americana and it's pretty good for a debut novel.