Overlooked Books.
Here are some fairly randomly chosen good works of lit that I think could stand to be better known:
1. Prater Violet - Christopher Isherwood's novel(a) about the 1930's London.
2. Inferno - Larry Niven's science fiction version of Dante's Inferno.
3. Night - Albert Alvarez talking about anything nocturnal - dreams, night shift work, etc.
4. Troilus And Cressida - Overlooked Shakespeare.
5. Muscle - Oxford graduate's memoir of becoming a bodybuilder in the 1980's in NY and LA.
6. When Kafka Was the Rage - Anatole Broyard's memoir of New York in the 50's.
7. Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammet Detective novel.
8. Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead - Eric Bogosian 1 man play.
9. New and Collected Stories - Alan Sillitoe Stories from 60's era London/England.
10. Philadelphia Here I Come - Brian Friel play set in Ireland in the 60's.
posted by OlaAmigos @ 8:42 PM
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I haven't heard of Night, so I might have to look it up. In a similar vein, you might want to take a look at Stiff which has to do with what happens with dead bodies. It seems a bit macabre, but it's interesting. The author talks about "The Body Farm", medical school cadavers, mortuaries, etc.
I'm on-again/off-again reading House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski. It's supposed to some sort of avant-garde (for lack of a better term) horror novel. He's actually the brother of Poe, the singer. One of her CD's (Haunted, I think) is supposed to be something of a soundtrack to the book - some of her song titles share the name of some of the chapters in the book. It's almost 700 pages, but how many novels can you think of that come with an index in the back?
Yo, thanks for the comment. I think Night is out of print at this point. Stiff actually does sound like it's in a similar vibe. I might check it out. Thanks for the tip.
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