Totally agree w Brad C, will go w AILD, although yeah Maltese Falcon is really good and The Defense, about a chess prodigy gradually melting down, was one of my favorite books in high school and prob still a good place to start w VN, tight and vividly layered, eerie and funny.
― dow, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
How do our lives ravel outinto the no-wind, no-sound,the weary gestures wearily recapitulant:echoes of old compulsions with no-hand on no-string:in sunset we fall into furious attitudes,dead gestures of dolls.
Had to vote for Faulkner.
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 08:07 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 7 January 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1931
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 8 January 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
Pkatoniv's The Foundation Pit was published in 1930 apparently. Would've gone for that, though Faulkner is v fine
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 8 January 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
*Platonov