The overlooked masterpieces

[romeoindespair]

F Scott Fitzgeralds This side of paradise

In my view a 1000 times better than catcher in the rye.

[ennison]

For the grosser the particles the nearer to the sink : to echo Mr Smart. And I suppose there's a faint affinity there with the Trotskyist notion of History as a dustbin. Many good things are lost. Some will be rediscovered. I am glad JBI sees something in at least one 18th century poet.

[ladderandbucket]

Recently saw a documentary about an overlooked masterpiece from the 1970s. The film was called Stone Reader and the book was called The Stones of Summer. It seems the book was highly rated, but for some reason it was not widely read and sank into obscurity. The author had a nervous breakdown and never wrote another book.

The guy who made documentary read the book 30 years later and spent two years trying to track down the author. I won't completely spoil the movie, but in the end he gets to meet the author and the book gets reprinted. It was quite moving to see him finally get some recognition for his work.

The book sounds great and I plan to read it soon. The film made me wonder how many other masterpieces have been written that few people have heard of. There are probably hundreds, if not thousands.