What are some good novels where the protagonist is an artist or where the visual arts are very prominent?
No-brainlet mode: no Dan Brown novels
Jonathan Gomez
Josiah Brown
In Viriconium
Anthony Watson
Is this sci-fi?
Liam Barnes
>Difference and Repetition
Gogol's Nevsky Prospekt has an artist protagonist and themes of how he creates a perfect world (not through painting but dreaming) as escapism. It's excellent—Gogol's prose is consistently divine.
Christian Roberts
Unironically a lot of Balzac's novels. Balzac was found of painting and a lt of his description are basically attempts at painting with words.
Caleb Mitchell
De Hand Van Een Vreemde
Jeremiah Lopez
Wittgenstein's Mistress
Browning's poetry
Dylan Fisher
Thanks, bro. I love Gogol and this one seems to have slipped by my readings.
>Wittgenstein's Mistress
Is it actually good? I'm currently doing my Master's dissertation on Wittgenstein and have often wondered whether to read this book or not.
Luke Bailey
>Nevsky Prospekt
jesus he really likes this street
Alexander Collins
I thought it was a good book, unlike any other I've read. I don't know much about wittgenstein's philosophy though. He's not mentioned, or just briefly mentioned in the book.
It's about loneliness and memory, art and history, and language.
Anthony Phillips
What are you writing on?
Easton King
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Charles Diaz
It is indeed an awesome avenue, even today with its droves of tourists. I've walked all along Nevsky and its transversal streets, small canals, churches, dead ends, stores and cafés. Russia is awesome, man.
Andrew Ross
Russia is the number one place I want to visit, Ive been studying the language for years, but only reading it, no experience speaking.
Christian Jones
La Nausée
Eli Martin
the moon and sixpence by w somerset maugham
Lucas Price
Life: A User's Manual by Perec
Luke Stewart
Fuck Seth Price
Reena Spaulings
Watteau in Venice
The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Picture This
Gabriel Bell
Dorian Gray and The Tunnel
Brody Campbell
L'oeuvre by Zola is about a painter who is trying to paint his masterpiece
Jose Edwards
My name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Ayden Roberts
I was going to post this.
Cooper Adams
I've been banned, for what?
Sebastian James
That one fanfic about the chick having an affair with Vivaldi.
Adrian Taylor
The Recognitions