ITT: God-tier short story collections. Single author.
This thread again, with dubliners again, with 'le god tier le shit tier' shitposting format. Sage my friend
Does anyone else say Dubliners with an exaggerated Italian accent? Duh-BLEEN-ers.
>>7946508
No shitpost intended my man. I've seen one short story collection thread on here in the past week. I don't come on here often though. Just want some good recommendations is all. Maybe, kill yourself? Thanks! :)
>>7946519
Nah bruh, it's DUH-blin-urs.
Also, pic related is pretty dank.
The overcoat and other tales of good and evil
Salinger - Nine Stories
>>7946498
I am a dfw fanboy and think oblivion is great.
>>7946531
I know but I say it duhBLEENers anyway.
>>7946558
I respect your decision.
Step up your game, /lit/.
>>7946519
>>7946531DUB lin urs
>>7946588
Dubliners check'd
>>7946588
Bateman takin a shot of dem dubz
>>7946588
>>7946600
>>7946541
same. I re-read the soul is not a smithy and good old neon from time to time, still fucking great
Ficciones, or Labyrinths if some essays are allowed too
>>7946614
Both great pieces. Suffering channel is my favorite out of the bunch though, never see anyone really talk about it, makes me feel weirder than anything ive ever read.
>>7946647
been a really long time since I've read the suffering channel, remember liking it but you've convinced me to re-read it soon. thanks anon
araby anyone...
Is there a complete collection that has all of dostoevsky's short stories?
Was once cleaning a warehouse where old props that were once used on tv sets were stored. One such "prop" was a bookshelf still filled with books. I snagged volumes one and two of the cmplete short stories of W. Sommerset Maugham. They're fucking great btw.
Reading a collection of Shirley Jackson’s short stories. Would not recommend.
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, Richard Yates.
>>7946498
Civilwarland in Bad Decline was fucking DOPE
>>7946513
is this a good way to get into gass? I've been memed by the Gassposters and want to read The Tunnel someday
>>7946681
dope story, summarises my youth t b h
>>7946498
>>7947952
It was where I started with him (aside from his great Intro to The Recognitions). 'The Pedersen Kid' was quite good, and the other stories were fine too, although I wasn't wowed by them as much as I expected to be. One thing for me that limits his appeal is his phallic preoccupation; it's not at drastic Updike levels, but still overly so. ymmv
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>>7948306
I still have no idea what Thermos Flasks was about
>>7948275
Thanks familia. I'll probably check out Gaddis before Gass as well. Got to have your postmodernist Williams in order
>>7948324
Having Gass write an Intro for The Recognitions was pretty inspired. It fit the counterfeiting motif of the book with its own meaning since Gass has at times been mistaken for Gaddis and could speak of himself as Fake William Gaddis.
>>7948383
woah dude
>>7946498
> The Complete Stories of Guy de Maupassant
> Snake Doctor by Irvin Cobb
> How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers
> The Witch and other Tales by Chekhov
> East and West by Rushdie
>>7946498
For some reason I only enjoyed about 1/2 of the stories in Dubliners
Portrait was dope though
>>7946498
>>7948453
>Krzhizhanovsky
Autobiography of a Corpse is another good choice from him
>>7946498
Saki of course
>>7947952
Yes, it is; it's also arguably his best, depending on your tastes, so I'd give it a go, once you can.
>>7946498
By definition a collection of short stories is by a single author. A multi-author volume is called an anthology.
Anyway, for my choice, pic related.
>>7949224
>>7946519
Dub-Liners
>>7949227
the fuck is that cover, are they playing that harry potter hockey game?
the ghost of magnetism is my favorite short story
One of my favorite collections if you're into Heinlein
>>7949333
Hi, I didn't get it and dropped the book. Can you explain that story to me please?
>>7946498
Jesus' Son - Johnson
I highly recommend it.
>>7949362
i read that very recently and really, really enjoyed it
i'm intrigued by the film of it
>>7949367
How did you come across the title?
I know, me too, it's fucking good. Was at first skeptical of the reference to the Velvets, but that completely changed.
Emergency is probably my favourite story. Funny how I love this book but really dislike Henry Miller. It seems all so unnecessary and excessive in his case, while I don't have that feeling when reading Jesus' Son at all. It's immensely satisfying somehow, but you're actually reading the most terrible shit happening.
>>7949367
Also, you might want to read Angels. It's his first novel, and many say it's just as good or better. I personally don't agree, but I recommend it.
>>7949383
i previously read train dreams after someone recommended it and wanted more
it's very different, but equally good imo. in terms of similarities and what i like about him, they have that really nice dreamlike quality, where you can experience these terrible things but they feel oddly weightless and beautiful.
>>7949391
Ordering Train Dreams right now.
I agree with your description, I had the same when reading Jesus' Son. Though I'm sure parts of Angels won't be weightless for you.
>>7949360
i think his prose is phenomenal.
the beginning is a party for vollmann that his friends are throwing for him. you're introduced to the major players in the story (elaine suicide, ken, satoko, that girl named meghan maybe, i forget her name, but she's the ghost of magnetism) and are given a taste of vollmann's life. the next sections, east west north south (not necessarily in that order) are seemingly dreams or fantasies in which he goes from Tenderloin to those areas directly, although they aren't his destinations. he then actually leaves and struggles with that in his own ways. it ends with his acceptance of leaving his friends behind, then opens up the final section on elaine suicide.
it is some of the most beautiful writing i've ever seen, although i absolutely love experimental fiction. i thought it was a lovely story about the anxiety of leaving, of moving on. look at ken and satoko's relationship as well.
that's a relatively surface level reading of the story though
>>7949429
really it's a story about having to leave a place and never wanting to, feeling as if you're magnetically pulled to this one place (for Vollmann that's Tenderloin), but knowing damn well you must leave. i found Vollmann did a wonderful job of showing us his life and what he loved so much about Tenderloin. we're able to feel his sadness and anxiety about leaving. additionally, the spattering of mentions of elaine suicide throughout (though none overt in Vollmann's love for her) and then ending the story on how hard it was to leave her left me in tears.
>>7949416
i just ordered angels now myself
this has been a pleasant interaction, thanks
I Have No Voice and I Must Scream
>>7946498
Basically all of Borges, but I am trying to see if people has read more than just Ficciones and Aleph.
>>7949597
twas okay at best
>>7949700
I'm sorry to hear that, cause now, I'm gonna snatch every motherfucker birthday.
>>7946523
Going to read this online immediately. Love Hawthorne, from the little I've read.
Gibran's The Prophet is amazing, as a recommendation to you.
Sixty Stories, Barthelme
Airships - Barry Hannah
>read it
>seriously
can't believe nobody mentioned this yet
>>7948275
Sort of related: How do I know if I'm ready to read Gaddis or not?
I haven't read very difficult books to be honest. The most 'difficult' would probably be The Crying of Lot 49 and House of Leaves (TCoL wasn't too hard and HoL is probably the longest book I've ever read).
>>7950975
Gaddis can be difficult. One aspect of that is dialogue. The Recognitions isn't as dialogue-heavy as JR, which is basically nothing but dialogue, but The R has plenty. Gaddis doesn't tell who is speaking, nor does he indicate when dialogue ends and description begins within a paragraph. It calls for close and careful reading.
>>7950975
Hold off then. Its not going anywhere.
>>7946507
Came here to post this. Nice.
>>7948301
Hated the first story in this. Loved the rest. Some of the really short short stories in this were a question mark to me, though.
Highly recommending this.
Flannery O'Connor's Collected Stories.
Easy.
>>7949185
I absolutely loved Quadraturin and 7 Stories from Granta (my copy).
Also, This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski.
