>Main character is a writer
Main character is a writer
>he doesn't like At Swim-Two-Birds
wew lad
>book ends with introducing a writer character that starts asking one of the main characters about the evens of the story
>protagonist is an author
>it's a "meta work" that tries to be clever and postmodern
kms
>pic
Is that Penn, the magician??
>main character is the author of the book
>The story is him writing the book
>It devolves into a recursive series of authors writing the book inside the book like a babushka doll
Mmmmm I want to read Niebla now.
>WRITER IS A WRITER
>writer is an author
Can't be worse than Infinite Jest...
>author is fat white dude
>main character is a fit white dude who bangs multiple women
>Plebs can only write plebs
Sounds fair.
I was thoroughly displeased when reading 1Q84 because of this.
I generally dislike any works in which the protagonist is doing whatever medium they're fleshed out in.
It just seems fucking tacky and lazy.
i want all authors, cinematographers, painters etc to go fuck themselves if they do this
>main character is a drunk writer
>Novel about a writer struggling to write a novel
Exclude all those Busby Berkeley musicals where the impetus is getting the show together and on right now!
>coming to a summer near you
>fresh energy for the whole family
>renewable time slot for the wild cats who 'dine' young
>like roman candles. Burn, burn burn zzzzzzp fresh out ink typewriter begins to fume with smoke
>this summer
>I get ideas all the time so I carry the sharpie upon my ear to remind me, here's one now: To life and living
>this summer
>I'll tell you when I've had enough to drink
>this summer
>Alice wants an interview, she loves your book
>this summer
>On The Road (with surprise gay sex that didn't happen in the book)
>main character is an introspective NEET
>Main character's name is a pun within the author's language
Глядя нa вac, Фeдя
David Mitchell (the author) had a bit about this in Bone Clocks. A character named Richard Cheeseman was writing a book about a character named Richard Cheeseman who has writing a book about a character named Richard Cheeseman etc. etc.
>Фeдя
>a pun
>Pacкoльникoв
>root is Pacкoлник meaning Split or Schism
>main character is an alter
>author is remembering a past event and within that past event he remembers an even older event
just stop
>being this autistic
Good book coming through
>Author tells the story of how he met a character who starts to tell his story on pov. Then, the second teller does the narration of how he came to see a third character who also tells his own story on pov.
I can understand that, but I'm interested where the "Глядя нa вac, Фeдя" reference comes from.
My diary desu
>book has words in it
>Minor Writer character only appears in Xth novel of the series
>Turns out the main characters have to protect him so that he could write their series in the first place
"Looking at you, Fedya (Fyodor)"
>story digresses and changes pov 8 times before getting to the main plot.
Oblomov was pretty damn good actually
nigra the writer appears like twice in this book. he's by no means the main character
>Main character is a reader