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Dante and the Lobster by Samuel Beckett

Dante and the Lobster

Samuel Beckett

48 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Old Masters: A Comedy by Thomas Bernhard

Old Masters: A Comedy

Thomas Bernhard

256 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
An Event, Perhaps: A Biography of Jacques Derrida by Peter Salmon

An Event, Perhaps: A Biography of Jacques Derrida

Peter Salmon

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

99 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None by Kathryn Yusoff

A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None

Forerunners: Ideas First

Kathryn Yusoff

130 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mirror of Ink by Jorge Luis Borges

Mirror of Ink

Jorge Luis Borges

55 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction classics short stories adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz

Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration

David Wojnarowicz

288 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Smile Please by Jean Rhys

Smile Please

Jean Rhys

176 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction autobiography biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Matsuo Bashō

192 pages • first pub 1702 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
nonfiction poetry travel adventurous reflective relaxing slow-paced
Molloy by Samuel Beckett

Molloy

The Trilogy #1

Samuel Beckett

224 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0in_praise_of_idlenesss's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced