Rec | DEATH VALLEY BY MELISSA BRODER

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If you like any of the following authors/creatives and want a very Jewish Exodus-esque exploration of dying and grief.
Authors and creatives include: Julio Torres, Franz Kafka, Ottessa Moshfegh, Emma Seligman, Gabriel García Márquez, Mona Awad, Felicia Berliner, Rachel Yoder, Elif Bautman, Yorgos Lanthrimos

@egglizabeth

Feb 4, 2024

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writers who get it

Elena Ferrante
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Julia Kornberg
Lucas Rijneveld
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here are some I’ve liked

Fiction:
In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan. Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada. Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg. Mist-Miguel de Unamuno. Animal-Lisa Taddeo. This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill. Death With Interruptions-José Saramago. The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware). Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews. 100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez.
Non-fiction:
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs. Educated-Tara Westover. I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.