What's the Citizen Kane of books? I swear this isn't

There isn't. Citizen Kane is such a benchmark because film is still relatively young.

Literature has literally hundreds of turning points, much like film will have if it manages to stay relevant for over a thousand years like literature has.

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citizen kane as in overrated american shit? anything by nabokov

>>9970567
>What's the Citizen Kane of books? I swear this isn't a meme question, I'm genuinely asking.

Are you asking what book has equivalent importance in the history of literature, or what book has an equivalent form in terms of the storytelling?

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Don Quixote