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?

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      10 months ago

      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

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      10 months ago

      One of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. It spoke to my soul.

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      10 months ago

      That book showed me a side of literature i haven’t appreciated enough before. The poets line made me cry like a baby

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      10 months ago

      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."