It’s hard to discuss such a book with any skill, though others have. This book is the literary equivalent of running your soul over a cheese grater. This is all the more contradictory because even though I loved it the second time, I never want to read this book again. And as contradictory as it sounds, I hated this book the first read and loved it the second. This book frustrated me beyond belief and yet I read it through twice because I just had to do it. There is no character arc because the protagonist is as vainglorious, horribly depressed, and lunatic at the beginning as he is at the end. Hunger really is a book without a plot – in this novel, the same thing happens every day with mild variations on action. (If you have a Kindle, dig around because I saw a Kindle version going for free, though that may be because I have a Prime Membership on Amazon)Ĭomments: I’ve been putting off discussing this book because I don’t know where to start. My edition is from Farrar, Strauss, Giraux in 2008. Possibly one of the most upsetting books I have ever read.Īvailability: This book was originally published in 1890. Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Well, it’s a book without a plot with an utterly unhinged protagonist. This post originally appeared on I Read Odd Books
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