coeliacmccarthy [he/him, they/them] to Post Puns On Main • 4 years agothere will never be another "Great American Novel" because there won't be Americamessage-squaremessage-square29 fedilinkarrow-up197
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minus-squareErnestGoesToGulag [comrade/them]hexbear8·4 years agoWhat are some of the actual best American novels? link
minus-squarecoeliacmccarthy [he/him, they/them]hexagonhexbear10·4 years agoi like blood meridian link
minus-squarepoppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]hexbear6·4 years agoI love that Menelaus calls Paris a cuckhold no less than a dozen times link
minus-squaresailorfish [she/her]hexbear4·4 years agoIt's inspired me to go back and finish the more uh poetic version. (I loved the Odyssey as an audiobook read by Ian McKellen but somehow keep stumbling over the Iliad :') ) link
minus-squarenbomberguy [none/use name]hexbear4·4 years agoi'm rereading Gravity's Rainbow now. still the jam of a lifetime link
What are some of the actual best American novels?
i like blood meridian
The War Nerd Iliad is pretty good
I love that Menelaus calls Paris a cuckhold no less than a dozen times
It's inspired me to go back and finish the more uh poetic version. (I loved the Odyssey as an audiobook read by Ian McKellen but somehow keep stumbling over the Iliad :') )
i'm rereading Gravity's Rainbow now. still the jam of a lifetime