Hi all!
I'm looking for reading material that leans slower and more atmospheric, but importantly without being too off-the-walls surreal. Like the slower parts of a David Lynch film. Or the vibe and pacing of First Reformed.. Magic realism is a given but it doesn't need to be that — straight fantasy, historical fiction or any other genres can feel spacy in the way I'm describing.
I'm especially interested in anything that could manage to have compelling characters alongside/despite a slow-moving setting. Rural/pastoral themes would be good. Or boring in the other, highly industrial way, like a factory worker's life. I guess the idea is… slow, but not uneventful. I like the idea of a dawning realization that happens at a glacial pace, or through a moment suspended in time.
Generally speaking I also like books about/involving animals/xenofiction, drama/personal development, mysteries, romance, fantasy/sci-fi…
Some stuff I liked:
* Piranesi
* One Hundred Years of Solitude
* The Unconsoled
* The Dispossessed
* anything Louise Erdrich
* anything Robin Hobb
Though often recommended in threads like this, couldn't get into Murakami or Becky Chambers
by Prudent-Climate-3020