For me, The Unbearable Lightness of Being-Milan Kundera; On Earth we are Briefly Gorgeous-Ocean Vuong; Love in the Time of Cholera-Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The most tragic, painful, human suffering can be presented and these writers present it in the most excruciatingly beautiful prose.
On Earth we are Briefly Gorgeous-“A woman stands on the shoulder of a dirt road begging, in a tongue made obsolete by gunfire, to enter the village where her house sits, has sat for decades. It is a human story. Anyone can tell it. Can you tell? Can you tell the rain has grown heavy, its keystrokes peppering the blue shawl black?”
What is the beauty for you?
This is How You Lose the Time War
This is my answer. Some of the lines in this book have me facedown on the floor. It is one of my favorites of all time
One of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. It spoke to my soul.
Dude I love this book and no one has heard of it!
That book showed me a side of literature i haven’t appreciated enough before. The poets line made me cry like a baby
This! Bought it, because a friend told me of the lyrical writing style. And I absolutely adored it!
This is one of my favourite lines, just because of the play on structure and meaning, of the composition:
“Space here is sick. Thick. Slick. She drowns in cloying honey-heavy light."
This book was far past what my tolerance for purple prose is