I'm looking for a book that embodies pure hopelessness and melancholy right from the start, something along the lines of "We Who Are About To… "by Joanna Russ.
I want a story where you can feel the inevitability of despair from the first page, with no redemption in sight. It should be a narrative that doesn't shy away from bleakness or the reality of inevitable doom—no happy endings or uplifting moments, just a raw, unflinching portrayal of human experience.
If you've read a book that made you feel the weight of hopelessness and captured a sense of existential dread throughout, I want to hear about it.
P.S please i have already read "the beach" , "i have no mouth", "the road", etc. Basically the recommendations that one finds in every comment.
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