What is the grimmest piece of literature out there? I want to read something pessimistic.
What is the grimmest piece of literature out there? I want to read something pessimistic
Leo Flores
Jace Bailey
hmm
jude the obscure maybe
Ryan Young
700+ pages of pure suffering.
Easton Russell
Iliad.
Julian Jones
120 Days of Sodom
Zachary Ward
OPs picture reminds me of the short story "A Real Doll," by AH Homes. It's about OP when he was a lad taking the heads off his sister's dolls and ejaculating inside of them.
Brody Ramirez
Dom Casmurro
Joseph Foster
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley: that fucking book scarred me for life. On the ark, Noah hears his son Japeth complaining that he can't get his dick inside his child-bride Emma because she's too tight, so Noah takes the last unicorn, 11-year-old Emma's most beloved companion, and tears her open by fucking her with the unicorn's horn, traumatizing the girl for life and killing the unicorn.
So, yeah: Noah uses a unicorn to rape a pre-teen so his son can rape her more easily, and kills the last unicorn in the process. Canadian "magic realism" at its finest.
Jaxon James
i have no mouth and must scream
Daniel Adams
the road
Matthew Cook
"Darkness" by Byron.
Aiden Peterson
Nostromo by Joe Conrad.
Cooper Adams
Notes from the Underground
Take your pick of anything by Ligotti.
Bentley Russell
Schopenhauer
Logan Long
The Holy Bible
Bentley Jones
I'm currently reading Stoner and its incredibly well written, but its making me feel sad/depressed when I read it.
James Roberts
That sounds hilarious.
Jonathan Edwards
My diary to be honest
Alexander Baker
>Joe Conrad
:^)
Kayden Thomas
The philosophy of redemption by Philipp Mainländer
Jason Diaz
If that sounds appealing, you might also like Marian Engel's Bear. A Canadian novel about a woman falling in love with, and having graphic sex with, an actual bear. Won the highest literary prize in the country. We like our sex scenes weird up here.
Carson Cruz
Blindsight by Peter Watts.
Technology implies belligerence, and consciousness was an evolutionary mistake. Everything we value makes us weaker and will inevitably be lost. Lovecraft said the most merciful thing in the world is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. Watts forces us to try.
"Whenever I find my will to live becoming too strong, I read Peter Watts." – James Nicoll
Charles Fisher
If you think Stoner is sad or depressing there is something wrong with you.
Chase King
Justine.
Anything written by Sade, really
James Lee
"Whatever" by Michel Houellebecq.
Sebastian Russell
What the fuck Canada I never knew you had this side to you. You lovable sick cunts. Are the books well written?
Noah Clark
Got any other Canadian authors to recommend? I'm Canadian but literally never read anything written by a Canadian.
Elijah Sullivan
Peter Watts is Canadian.
en.wikipedia.org
rifters.com
Ian Johnson
I read that book this summer, fucking amazing. I love Timothy Findley,
Ian Hill
take the birth control pill
Ethan Murphy
>Notes from Underground
I wouldn't say it's that grim. It's a bit like reading /r9k/, if anyone there had any sense at all.
>all that spaghetti in the 2nd part