Recommend me an insanely long book

[MopBox]

The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion. By Harvey Darger.

It's both insane, long, and insanely long.

Has this actually been published? I've wanted to read it for a while now, but I've only ever been able to find academics analyzing Darger's madness or something.

On further googling, there is a documentary about him narrated by Dakota Fanning as the voice of the Vivian girls. That is amazing.

OT: Uncle Tom's Cabin? It's only maybe 450-500 pages, but it's interesting in its nuanced and mildly backwards view on abolition

http://www.valorebooks.com/textbooks/henry-darger-in-the-realms-of-the-unreal/9780929445151?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Froogle&utm_source=Froogle

You can own a copy but it's pretty expensive. Expect to pay around four to eight hundred dollars.

 

[MopBox]

Atlas Shrugged has near to 1090 pages, and there's even ~70 pages wherein one character makes a long (3 hour, apparently) speech). Les Miserables was mentioned, it's quite thick - ~1500 pages.

Atlas Shrugged? The poster expressly said no fantasy novels.

 

[Angie7F]

"Tale of Genji". Arguably the first novel ever written in history. Not the most exciting thing out there, but very rich in history and language.

I would suggest reading in various versions because the interpretation is quite different.
Also it is fun to read all the analysis that goes on too.

 

[TKretts3]

Atlas Shrugged has near to 1090 pages, and there's even ~70 pages wherein one character makes a long (3 hour, apparently) speech). Les Miserables was mentioned, it's quite thick - ~1500 pages.

Atlas Shrugged? The poster expressly said no fantasy novels.

While Atlas Shrugged does have science fiction elements they're light enough for it to not qualify as a Sci-fi/Fantasy novel. It's more of a speculative fiction, romance, and mystery novel - with philosophical elements.

 

[Benny Blanco]

Grapes of Wrath isn't exactly the longest book going, but it's pretty darn lengthy. Great book too.

East of Eden is Steinbeck's longest I think. A lot of his stuff is practically novella-length though.

 

[mokes310]

Read the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith. When you're finished, there's no way you wont be thinking, "man, white guys sure have it hard these days..."

 

[Tanakh]

Hodgepodge? I googled it but couldn't find it. Do you mean Hopscotch? I read that one back in 2006, and it was amazingly fantastic. And I also love Haruki Murakami.

Ohhh... read it in spanish and I only remembered that it was a funny sounding word, but yeah, hopping while drunk sounds more like how rayuela is played.

Let's see then, I think Igancio Padilla's "Amphitryon" is a fun well written book or Ray Bradbury's "Something wicked this way comes", or anything from Millan Kundera? Dunno mang, you seem to know your way around books, just take something you like.

Daine Tong also has a delicious book about gipsy tales if you want something fun and a bit strange(r).