What's some good literature that deals with that terrible longing for the past?

What's some good literature that deals with that terrible longing for the past?

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Proust might be the apex of this.

Have you heard of this French author called Proust?

Faulkner. Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!

death of a salesman

i guess all american fiction ever no exceptions

lol don't listen to these plebs just read proust instead

Cien anos de soledad, anono.

"i could have won state if the coach just put me in" - all american fiction.

Literally anything written in Anglo-Saxon

You Can't Go Home Again by Wolfe gave me the most feels in terms of longing than any other book.

My diary. I'm literally writing a short story that hinges on this theme.

Oh Fuck, this.

like half of all literature throughout fucking history you iun iunaiudfaiudbfiaubdfiubadifubaf

Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu. Gonna go with that as my answer.

the wholly bible

Hi, Marcel. What are you doing on Veeky Forums?

It's late and nightlife is a bore.

Yaaassss

Lolita

No, you are you yu bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!

Goddamnit OP the title of some of the greatest books of all time written by Proust is literally In Search For Lost Time. I mean... God damnit OP. You truly are a faggot.

Steppenwolf

kek

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>OP asks for literature about longing for the past
>half the thread literally recommends the author of "in search of lost time"

lit doesn't read

How about Davies's Deptford Trilogy?