Rich delicious hazelnut coffee cream, and Dostoevsky is reason enough to stay awake as long as possible
60 hours before i skidaddle outta here, so at least another full day after a long sleep. This was an amazing reading day, got a lot of Les Miserables down, and Dostoevsky is just the right kind of vibe for a chaser, i'll do the complete works edition that begins with Netochka Nezvanova. I hear Thomas Hardy's a bleak writer too.
Question open to those in the know - who else is a good 19th century bleak depressing author?
Can anyone compare with Fyodor??
A little later came Kafka and i nurse in my belly the exquisite relishing that will be when he comes on the scene, and Knut Hamsun, and so on.
Non-fiction has some doozies too, from Schopenhauer, Cioran and Ligotti's Consipracy of the Human Race. Makes Nietzsche look like Sesame Street.
As i said to my folks this evening
"Would you like to see a depressing film?"
no response
"well depressing books are more depressing than depressing movies"
nervous chuckle from ma
Have a good night folks .......:)
Question open to those in the know - who else is a good 19th century bleak depressing author?
Can anyone compare with Fyodor??
A little later came Kafka and i nurse in my belly the exquisite relishing that will be when he comes on the scene, and Knut Hamsun, and so on.
Non-fiction has some doozies too, from Schopenhauer, Cioran and Ligotti's Consipracy of the Human Race. Makes Nietzsche look like Sesame Street.
As i said to my folks this evening
"Would you like to see a depressing film?"
no response
"well depressing books are more depressing than depressing movies"
nervous chuckle from ma
Have a good night folks .......:)
