What are some of your favorite titles for novels (or literary works in general)? What makes for a good title? I think pic related is an exceptional example. It's a concise and accurate summary of the plot, and it's also a joke. Portnoy has many many complaints, not just one. But then, maybe it's not a joke given that many of his complaints MIGHT come from just one complex--his relationship with his mother, or maybe his frustration with the Jewishness that his family tries to force on him.
Any examples of bad titles?
Somewhat related: without googling, post your thoughts about the title 'Gravity's Rainbow'.
what we talk about when we talk about love. title had me so hyped up. book was shit.
I've never read The Unbearable Lightness of Being, but I want to based on the title alone. I think the incongruity of 'lightness' with the rest of the phrase intrigues me.
some titles i've admired
>the autobiography of alice b. toklas, the memoir by gertrude stein
>in the heart of the heart of the country
>one hundred years of solitude
>on the road
>the age of innocence
>down and out in paris and london
>great expectations
>lit by mary karr, a book about both alcoholism and literature
>>8226790
Atlas Shrugged is actually a great title.
What a shame.
>>8227057
agreed
im a sucker for titles taken from other works
eyeless in gaza
brave new world
where angels fear to tread
rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead
ZETTELS TRAUM
the fault in our stars
something wicked this way comes
remembrance of things past
>>8227057
I think it'd be better in the present tense, "Atlas Shrugs"
>>8227172
yr mom is not that good
The Crying of Lot 49, because you have no idea what it refers to until like the last sentence
'À la recherche du temps perdu' is the GOAT title.
The Sun Also Rises is a great title for its multilayered ironic symbolism
>>8227057
It really is. That's a fun hard mode: bad books with great titles. I'm drawing a blank.
>>8226790
Speaking of Roth, I always admired the cheek of actually titling your own book The Great American Novel.
Light in August.
