(December 18, 2014 at 5:28 pm)TRJF Wrote: The one I seem to be constantly telling people about and recommending to all of my friends and family is Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. Whenever someone talks about something "meta", or some new piece of literature/film comes out that incorporates sort of "nested storytelling" elements (such as the novel House of Leaves or the film The Grand Budapest Hotel), I always tell them that, if they enjoy that device, Pale Fire is the modern trope codifier.
(Of course, in the same vein is Don Quixote, which I read in college, and was probably the trope originator. It was fantastic. But Pale Fire's... well... shorter, for one...)
I keep trying to read the House of Leaves and never make it very far. It is weird because I think that the writing is good and I like the overall story but somehow every time I pick the book up, I read for a few days and then forget about it.
