Herman Melville · 1966
- What it is
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Slow and sad, in the good way
- Genre
- Classics Short stories Literary
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Stoner
John Williams · 1965
Grouped with yours in Quiet novels where almost nothing happens
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Franz Kafka · 1996
Sad, and in no hurry · it ties your stomach in a knot
Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides · 1993
Slow and sad, in the good way · it stays with you
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro · 1994
A reader shelved it with yours in Quiet novels where almost nothing happens
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1984
George Orwell · 1956
Grouped with yours in Small rebellions that become enormous
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005
Sadness on a low heat · it leaves you thinking
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