I recently finished stoner by John williams and loved it. What will you recommend to read after it ? Not necessarily same genre. Like stoner presents a type of life and made some very profound points , what do you think should I read to know about about this mystery called ” life ” .
A friend suggested ” on the road ” . Thoughts ?
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All That Man Is by David Szalay
I’d go for some Marilynne Robinson for more of that quiet, contemplative goodness.
For the love of God, give *On The Road* the swerve. All you’ll learn from that is how to be a raging, self-centred man-child who hates women.
Just go all the way down the John Willams rabbit hole, you won’t be disappointed. Augustus and Butcher’s Crossing are both wonderful.
The Magic Mountain by Mann
The Door by magda szabo
Pnin by nabokov
Natalia Ginzburg “All our yesterdays”
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
Crossing to Safety – Wallace Stegner
For an even bleaker tale about a professor, try Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Joe by Larry Brown
have you read ” fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter s thompson?