Hi! I’m looking for books and authors which are ”good with words’. What I mean is, I’m looking for stuff where they are good at painting a picture with words, the words and sentences flow really well, the choice of words is good, stuff like that. I think this is called ‘good prose’. I’m not sure though.
Thanks in advance. Happy Reading!
by SpiritualSpectre
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Christopher Hitchens
100 Years of Solitude. I don’t read for language, but that is some memorable stuff.
The Old Man and the Sea is a delightful book written in clear, clean language. Highly recommend it!
E. L. Doctorow.
Try Sophie’s Choice. The language could be difficult at times, but I could paint a perfect mental picture of every scene being described.
What about F. Scott Fitzgerald? If your looking for classic works, I feel like his stuff is incredibly vivid.
If you like wordplay, cleverness, and great emotion try watching something like Hamlet or Romeo+Juliet and throw the closed captioning on. I wouldn’t suggest reading it unless you’re very comfortable with old modern English.
Vladimir Nabokov
Terry Pratchett for the win! His use of language is masterful.
Cormac McCarthy. That man could paint a picture with words.