What's the most depressing, soul-sucking book you've ever read and why? Pic related.
>>8256690
The only thing depressing about the Book of Disquiet is that I paid $10 for it
Post-war Jap lit as a whole is pretty fucking depressing their culture considered. The end of The Sound of Waves struck me pretty hard especially, but the ones listed here are certainly good too
>>8256690
Skylark is pretty sad
The End of the Affair and The Power and the Glory
A Little Life is basically designed to make you feel awful
Jude the Obscure
Anything by Hubert Selby
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Execution by Hunger by Miron Dolot
The Decay of the Angel
Underground by Murakami
and in first place, The Remains of the Day.
>>8256724
How did you like The Sound of Waves? Its the only Mishima book at my local bookstore and it doesn't seem as popular as his other works
>>8256690
120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade
If someone says Crime and Punishment ITT...
>>8256738
The Sound of Waves was awesome. While it has Mishima's typical tone and atmosphere, it's a lot less specialized than his more popular stuff. Instead of focusing on one event or one person as much as Temple/Mask did, the book is a pretty good representation of a small Japanese island village and how (little) the war changed it.
I like it more for that representation rather than the coming-of-age plot, but the book is definitely readable and enjoyable.
the jungle
vanity fair
My diary, desu.
>>8256765
That took longer than expected
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
(not being ironic)
Also the moment in Moby Dick where Ahab has a bit of lucidity and considers going home always gives me the feels.
I cried a lot at The Magic Mountain, Lolita and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
