What are some pieces of fiction that are concerned with a fictional work of literature, i.e. The King in Yellow?
>>8246663
Pale Fire
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2666
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Lots of Borges
>>8246663
The Recognitions
The New York Trilogy
Pale Fire
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Behead All Satans
The Magnificent Third Rail
It’s a strong theme in Bolaño’s work. Check out these books especially, in decreasing order of concern with fictional literature:
- Nazi Literature in America
- 2666
- The Savage Detectives
Also, there’s a very nice book by Walter Moers called "The City of Dreaming Books." It’s a phantastic novel set in a city concerned with nothing but the sale of books, all of which are fictional.
>>8246663
The Crying of Lot 49 has a great fictional play scene
>>8246663
The History of the Necronomicon
The Call of Cthulhu (the entire story is a about a guy reading documents)
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the man in the high castle
there is a whole genre of "story within a story". wiki has a page about it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_within_a_story
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i fucking love walter moers. i'm never sure if his books are for kids or not
