Hi, I'm looking for a really strange kind of book. The kind of book I'm looking for is kinda difficult to describe, think Alice In Wonderland mixed with I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. It's wacky and mind-twisting, and also filled with the feeling of melancholy and despair. Almost like if The Mandala Catalog was hooked up on LSD. Some form of a psychological and philosophical mind-fuck. (Forgive my language). The main character deals with depression, anxiety, anything in that realm. Like a Coming-Of-Age book, but if it's already happened, and the protagonist is dealing with the consequences of their own actions. The setting doesn't necessarily matter, nor does the kind of society. Do you have any suggestions?
by Sea_Serve6326
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This sounds like a description of I Who Have Never Known Men, one of the best books I’ve read recently.
Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker (a pen name for [Seanan McGuire](https://www.seananmcguire.com/)) might fit the bill. A lot of her and Cat Valente writing will probably scratch your itch.
Maybe The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Shulz or The Book of Flying by Keith Miller
Angela Carter is a great author for that kind of thing too, especially her short stories.