I’m afraid of flying and would like something very immersive. Something preferably strange and/or melancholy to pass the time.
My favorite books are:
A Pale View of Hills – Kazuo Ishiguro
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
Perfume – Patrick Süskind
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
Madonna in a Fur Coat – Sabahattin Ali
Eileen – Ottessa Moshfegh
Hopefully someone can catch my drift as to what I’m looking for based on these books. Thank you so much in advance 🙂
by Flat-Psychology-7169
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Anything by Rose George, Judy Melinek, Caitlin Doughty, or Mary Roach.
‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’, by Haruki Murakami, whom you like, fits your request I think. Also, depending on the length of your flight, you might finish it, as it is not as long as the Wind-Up Bird Chronicles.
Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
Hey u/Flat-Psychology-7169 , you might love The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa – melancholic, fragmented, and quietly immersive. Also try The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington, delightfully bizarre and dreamlike in all the right ways. Perfect for dissociating in midair. I’ve got both available digitally.. just message me if you’d like a copy or similar recs!