I'm looking for deep and thought provoking books about isolation and loneliness.
The book of Disquiet
Oblomov
>>7640338
Moar pls
>>7640369
One Hundred Years of Solitude
>>7640335
Le Crime and Punishment.
>>7640335
the martian
>>7640335
Why? They will not validate your abyss.
>>7640335
Because I come from heights that no bird has ever reached, I know abysses where no foot has ever strayed
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Just finished it and its one of the best things I've ever read
>>7640400
I appreciate your intention but I absolutely hate that book. Please advice something darker.
Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth
Fucking brutal
my diary desu
Honestly, one of the most brutal and honest looks at isolation and loneliness.
>>7640335
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
>>7640335
The Tunnel
Notes from Underground
>>7640499
seconded.
>>7640335
ham on rye of you're not a delicate prosefag
>>7640825
does anyone have a download to an epub for this book?
>>7640804
>be hikki neet with a single friend
>suddenly waifu best girl 10/10 comes out of nowhere and invests herself into changing your life
Fuck that shit
>>7641492
>ham on rye of you're not a delicate prosefag
even disregarding his horrible prose and technique
OP wanted
>deep and thought provoking
>you said bukowski
are u liek 16
>>7642890
This
>>7642904
bukowski is deep and thought provoking if you're working class with a drinking problem, lad.
>>7640338
best translation for book of disquiet ?
>>7640335
Uh, try literally every fucking book ever
>>7644879
anyone? really would like to know best English translation for this book.
>>7640335
Stoner
>>7644879
Anyone? There seem to be 4 or 5 english translations for Book of Disquiet. which one should I pick up?
A Wild Sheep Chase or Tinkers
FFS someone please suggest the best translation for Book of Disquiet. I really don't want to make a separate thread for this one question.
>>7645036
Bump for this question
>>7645036
BUMP
>>7645036
Richard Zenith, Penguin Modern Classics.
>>7645132
THANK YOU.
>>7645139
Dude I think he's trolling, penguin translations are usually regarded as the worst ones on /lit
>>7645165
god fucking damnit.
I know penguin is considered worst but I thought this would be an exception.
FML. I've been trying to find out the best recommendation for the Book of Disquiet for about a week now.
>>7640825
Which one?
>>7645139
>he fell for the Penguin Classics meme
>>7644879
penguin
>>7642904
you must be pretty young yourself if you can't understand Bukowski's greatness
>>7645182
zenith's translation is actually fine
>>7643238
so, not
>>7642890
>waifu best girl 10/10
No. She's worst off than Satou in a sense, and despicable too.
>>7640335
maybe just listen to the dismemberment plan and get drunk like every other loner in their twenties
then read some exciting books instead of wallowing in pseudo-deep misery
sturm und drang
>>7640335
The hunger artist
>>7645627
The meme one, lad.
>>7640335
the protector by larry niven
>>7640499
the book is not about this. it's about a man reflecting on the end of his life. common misconception that you would understand if you didnt flick past the forward.
>>7640806
not about loneliness. the existential search for meaning is completely unrelated.
>>7642890
>>7647030
this. she's one of those nutjobs who try to fix someone else with all the shit they learnt from a psychologist because it didnt work on them. literally a nutjob chanting memes. only its a horrible codependent relationship because shes this borderline pd cunt willing to spread her legs for this complete whackjob schizophrenic obsessed with conspiracies. autist tier anime.
>>7642890
This actually kinda happened to me.
>2012
>lonely depressed college student
>pretty much just played league of legends 8 hours a day when out of class
>This 10/10 asian girl girl I play LoL with over the internet randomly showed up to my dorm one day unannounced
>her high school sweetheart went to the same school as me so she decided to drop by I guess
>We spend the whole day hanging out
>over the next few weeks she would randomly drive an hour to my school to just hang out with me, one on one
>she brings me to parties, I start to smoke weed and drink booze for the first time
>I start to become more social, stop being a total neet
>we get emotionally close, we talk about depression and other personal issues we both have
>This whole time I've only seen her boyfriend once or twice briefly, we're just friends
>I start to develop crush but know it will never because of her boyfriend situation, decide not to do anything about it and just enjoy the companionship
>she gets married to said boyfriend, moves 5 states away
>haven't seen or heard from her since
At the time I was just kind of bewildered that real life turned into Welcome the NHK. The first few months after she left were kinda rough, but I got over it. On the plus side her presence allowed me to grow out of my nerdy, naive socially inept high schooler phase into a more normalized stoner guy and I have my own partner now
>>7640834
I am a sick man
The book plastered all over the catalog right now fits the bill
>>7641585
There isn't an epub, I don't think. I can try and upload a off if you'd like.
>>7645627
The good one: Gass.
>>7640335
WALDEN, Jesus
>>7649937