Finally, an influencer who behaves totally normal from my perspective, wearing reasonable clothes and having a satisfying video choreography. Thank you.
List of all books mentioned: *UNCATERGORISED* - The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore - Wetlands by Charlotte Roche *WEIRD WRITERS* _Miranda July:_ - The First Bad Man - No One Belongs Here More Than You _Tao Lin:_ - Richard Yates - Taipei
*CLASSICS* - Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol *RANDOM* - Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby - Pink by Gus Van Sant
The Master & Margarita is indeed a strange book, but not in the way that sci-fi/fantasy or horror books can be bizarre. It felt like being in a new environment where you don't have the vocabulary to describe what you're seeing, and yet, you can still figure out where you should and shouldn't walk.
idk why the algorithm thru this on my yt feed which normally 98% consists of retro gaming handheld reviews but your energy is amazing and hilarious and now i like want to like read a book and stuff
Dunno if they fit on here or not but: - The Vegetarian (Hang Kang) - The City & The City (China Mieville) - The Vorrh (B.Catling) - Communion Town: a city in ten chapters (Sam Thompson)
Miéville is fantastic. I'd also add: - The Raw Shark Texts (Steven Hall) - The John Nyquist Series (Jeff Noon) - Finna (Nino Cipri) - Amatka (Karin Tidbeck)
they're not. but while we're here, add: Fishboy by Mark Richard (1993) Grendel by John Gardner (1971) Miéville i would go with "Perdido Street Station" first
If we're gonna talk about Master and Margarita, I have to mention One Hundred Years of Solitude! It makes Bulgakovs magical realism look like a typical Tuesday all the way through. The overall effect is absolutely mind blowing and I highly recommend (read the content warnings tho; there're a lot).
I was reading a book called "Human Sacrifice in History and Today" at the hospital emergency room. I blacked out while I was getting some IV treatment, when I came to I immediately asked, "Where's my book?". The nurse was looking at me like I was the devil and pointed to my evil object that she had placed on a nearby counter. The encounter made a crappy situation somewhat more bearable.
Gogol's influence on Kafka is quite apparent after reading both. "The Castle" is also a favorite "weird" book--apologies if you mentioned it, I usually reference any covers by frame or a list if it's present.
In a comparative lit class in college after reading literature by both, prof asked “so how would you compare and contrast Kafka and Gogol”. An English lit student replied “Gogol would be great fun at a party, and Kafka would not”. Gogol is wonderfully fun eg The nose.
I subscribed, hit the bell, and smashed the like button within the first 45 seconds. Sometimes, you just know, ya know? Not even sure what I've been doing with my life this whole time without this kind of content.
My weird book recommendation: If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino! Calvino plays around with point of view and each chapter feels like a different book. I found it fascinating :)
I am currently reading his short story collection called ' Numbers in the Dark' and it's definitely interesting and quite unique. I had heard his books were weird so I thought I'd check out if his style would appeal to me and so far I am loving it.
Interesting. I haven't read Calvino in years but I loved _Invicible Cities_ and _Cosmicomics_ so I will put "If on a winter's night a traveler" on my TBR
Cosmicomics remains one of my favourite little bookgems. Not because I enjoyed it that much, but because it makes me happy people can wrench their grey matter in that way. Highly recommended!
no way i didnt know charlotte roche's book has been translated!!!! people in germany were scandalized when it came out lmao it truly was an experience to read it as a teen back in the day
Yeah I read it when it first came out too because I loved Charlotte Roche as a TV presenter back then but I did regret reading it and it still haunts me to this day lol I live in England now and have seen English translations of it a few times in charity shops but never dared reading it again :'D
I'm a fan of weird so here's my two cents: Anything by China Mielville. City Come A Walkin' by John Shirley Anything by Tom Robbins The Flounder by Gunter Grass Under The Glacier by Haldór Laxness Anything by Ian Banks but especially Whit, The Crow Road, and The Wasp Factory Lanark: A Life In Four Books by Alistair Grey In The Country Of Last Things by Paul Auster
After a lifetime of reading (almost 60 years), I'd have to say that perhaps the most disturbing is "The Story of the Eye" by Georges Bataille. A novella, it can be read quickly in one sitting. I doubt that anyone could ever forget it.
Love it! Fun fact about the Wetlands author. She was a well know music tv-presenter in germany. Bit odd even there but no one was prepared fir the book!
First, you can totally rock that shirt and in NY walking around people are going to love it. (You’ll probably get a bunch of compliments on it😉). Second, I hope you know how wildly entertaining you are. When one of your videos is posted I gleefully open it before anything else. In this world of scary politics and world events, it’s so good to just escape into books for a bit with someone who is funny and intelligent. Thank you.📚
Wetlands! Oh dear god, I read that book a long time ago. I was gagging throughout most of the book while reading it, an experience I've never had before or since. I did, however, feel a lot of sympathy for the main character as her motivations and pain became clear by the end
"The Ants" by Boris Vian is probably one of the weirdest books I've ever read. Its a collection of short stories conected only by a side-character that appears in almost all of them, and in one the guy breaks the 4th wall because he comes and kills the protagonist "because he was angry that he wasn't featured in that story". All the tales have weird vibe, like they're happening in an slightly more messed-up version of Dr Seuss's Whoville... its weird and I totally recomend it. Its probably the second weirdest book I've ever read, suppased only by the illuminatus trilogy of Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, but I'm more reluctant to recomend those, they may be too 70s for some people
This is the first video I’ve ever seen of yours, and seeing that ribbon dance with the tassel shirt in the beginning made it an instant subscribe. Easiest decision of my life.
'The Book of Disquiet' by Fernando Pessoa, a book everyone must have. Everything about it, and about the life of the writer is weird but also so relatable.
Hi Ana, The fringed shirt is perfect for a "Lunatic Fringe" of books ! I love the whip sound effects with each fling of your arms. I would never have the courage to wear such a fashion statement. Thanks to this video I feel encouraged to seek out some of these books. I love "Weird" in so many ways, it makes our world so interesting ! I love John Waters,he is" Fun Weird", I've read all his books,and watched most of his movies,and T.V. appearances. I've read so many weird books, and stories, but the titles escape me after so many years. I just got done reading the complete works of Kafka,which I believe many of his stories fit into this category. My favorite story was "The Penal Colony"....riveting with angst, and incredible visions. Thank you for your very entertaining videos. I really enjoy how you coordinate your fashions with the Themes of your videos. Till the next one..Happiness, Cindy 📚🫖
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills and the Smiling School for Calvinists by Bill Duncan are pretty good too if you are a fan of Scottish strangeness.
Found this channel just now and loving the atmosphere of it. I recommend 'The Child Garden' by Geoff Ryman. Never read anything like that before or since. Haven't read it about 30 years & must find a copy to re-read.
Sometimes a weird book is just what you need ☺️ These are some of my recs - Brat by Gabriel Smith, How It Works Out by Myriam Lacroix and Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin.
Excuse me how DARE YOU become my new fav book UA-camr on a random Tuesday Summer evening here in Germany?! 20 seconds in I subscribed. Love the shirt. Love you more. 🤠
Ok first timer here. Got stopped by the word WEIRD books as I am kinda weird as well. But THEN the whip top? Your personality? That's it! I am now a sub...scriber. Fab so fab! Looking forward to digging into your archives😊
I just stumbled across this UA-cam channel and really love Ana’s style. She’s funny, classy, and informative. To quote the Terminator, « I’ll be back. »
Hi Ana! As you're on the subject of weird literature, I was wondering if you've ever heard of or read the German author Arno Schmidt, who is often compared stylistically and aesthetically to James Joyce? I love your outfit and the new look🤩
Ahh so happy to see The Glutton mentioned!! I haven’t read it but we have it in the library I work at and I keep putting it out on display because the cover is so gorgeous and it looks weird af, thank you for your opinion I’ll bump it up on my list!
Charlotte Roche was actually born in England to English parents but grew up in Germany, where she also lives. She used to be a television presenter for German music television station VIVA Zwei and later VIVA.
Yeah, it only took me _15 minutes_ to figure out what you were _actually_ emulating with that shirt. 😁 Might I recommend Danielewski's House of Leaves? It's beyond... weird (to the point of strange, perhaps- lol). Awesome video. Thanks for the recommendations!
Ooo Ooo, please let those of us who, in our ignorance can only imagine a whip cracking, tubular bell tingler to be the inspiration for the shirt let us know what you imagine the actual inspiration derives from. Genuinely interested, in a relevantly weird way.
My guess is _Lord of the Dance._ 😂 If you watch how she holds her chin and does her _flairs_ (when the whip sounds are), you can almost imagine her busting into a jig! 😂
@@jameslong9921 Lol My other thought was Jim Carrey as the Mask, when he got all the po-po dancin'! 🤣 (I believe he was emulating a mariachi dancer? Idk.)
I am watching this for a second time. I am super entertained by you, and I will always come back to this video when a slight depression starts to hit me.
If you ever wished Kafka had written a fever dream folk tale byway of Over The Garden Wall/The Witch, then In The House In The Dark Of The Woods by Laird Hunt is for you! Equal parts bizarre and unsettling, a delightfully wicked little book ❤
OMG the intro - will live rent free in my mind for days lol lol lol .The shirt IS great ! I love me some weird books. Thanks for the recommendations. Melissa Broder is the first author I recommend when someone is looking for weird.
I've got a weird book for you. Rat, by Andrzej Zaniewski. It was originally written in Polish but translated into English; this is surprisingly unimportant, since there's no dialogue at all and the descriptive writing is quite effective. Rat is the story of a rat. It's just a biography of an actual rat living in a medium-sized city in eastern Europe. The rat doesn't talk or wear waistcoats or anything; it's just a rat. The rat is born at the beginning of the book and lives its entire life. I assume at the end it dies, but: This is the only book I have ever read that I could not finish. There are books I haven't finished because I just was bored or procrastinated them or something; in theory I'm still reading Gödel Escher Bach, and maybe I actually will finish it when I retire. No, I was reading this book and I found it so disturbing, so revolting, I just stopped in the middle. It bothered me that much. It is crazy and bizarre and disturbing and freaked me out, and I am not easily outfreakable. I don't generally recommend this book to people, but if you're looking for something that's really ... different? I guess? You're going to have a hard time finding something this interesting.
What you did at the end with the dress was a nice shot. would love to do a photoshoot for you with you wearing that same dress with some of your favorite books.
One day, about half my life ago, I was wandering around the Multnomah County Library, as I often did, and happened upon a book titled “Daughter! I Forbid Your Recurring Dream!” , by one James Chapman. I got through as much as I could of it, but it is written in a style which I found bizarre and challenging to follow. I had to look it up just now, to be sure of the title and author, and it was published in 2000, which means it was just a toddler of a book when I found it lost and confused, surrounded by more linear stories. Oddly enough, it seemed happy with its circumstances, so it was definitely weird, and also why I left it there after playing with it for some time. That same library, around the same time, is also where I found a book published exactly a century prior to the one just described. It was a translation of a French novel, with an English title of “The Juggler”. It was written by a woman named Marguerite Eymery Vallette, who used the nom de plume of Rachilde. At one time banned, the story is about the dynamic between a woman in her mid thirties, a widow to a wealthy man who’d traveled the world, and a medical student in his early twenties. She toys with his emotions in the most exquisitely strange ways and he can’t decide how to feel about it. The ending is quite shocking, and the prose is sublime - full of decadent and dreamy descriptions. Oh and she’s in love with an amphora, so this book was my introduction to the idea of objectum sexuality, yet Rachilde’s witchcraft takes something most people consider utterly freakish and sells it like an issue of Playboy… at least in my opinion, but then again, I am proudly into weird things. I’m sure I’ve got a few others lying around here or there, but these two just came as a pair. Just found the channel and I adore it. Wouldn’t be caught dead in that shirt but only because it wouldn’t flatter me; otherwise it’s fantastic fashion and a clever prop to boot. You’ve inspired this lazy writer to do more reading, which is and isn’t procrastinating, but I love a paradox. I’ll be sure to watch more of these vids after I edit some of my own on my eyelids. 💖
Thank you, well done and I can’t wait to read some of your picks! I needed this, your recommendation will help me to understand, as I moved to Vermont a year ago… Your shirt is a George Crumb-Flamenco- rift and I can picture you (because of your dance moves too) with a rose in your teeth, dancing under a crescent moon on the Pampas. Thanks again for the great suggestions!
I read a book called 'bone gap' by Laura Ruby a while ago on recommendation from a friend, and it was genuinely one of the most memorable books I've read. It's not super incredibly weird, but it's surreal enough that I think it counts.
"weird" is so subjective and broad, but you did a good job of putting together a solid starter pack! for the Miranda July side of weird i would also suggest Jennifer Egan and George Saunders, and would love to learn of other similar authors!
Loved watching you and hearing what you had to say. I laughed a lot. You were marvelously funny. Thank you for the laughs. I needed them. Love your shirt with the fringe.
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski Marabou Stork Nightmares - Irvine Welsh Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson Anything by author Irvine Welsh is 100% "weird" & 100% good reads. Especially: "Porno", "Filth" & "Trainspotting"
Another small book which might feel at home in your list is "The Lonely Heart's Club" by Raul Nunez, it may also feel comfortable with your sponsor in that it's impact lasts.
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Not a perfume by Juliette has a gun is one of my favs, also Bianco Latte by Giardini di Toscana.
I frankly can't decide about the shirt......I mean, all those tassels 🥴
Don't get me wrong... you look great 😊
Talented
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Nateeva
Pear Inc. - Juliette has a gun
French pear and Queen's lilac - Michel Germain
The whip sound never felt more fitting.
Kill Bill comes in as a close 2
😂❤❤❤
Orville Peck moment.
Ahem
Finally, an influencer who behaves totally normal from my perspective, wearing reasonable clothes and having a satisfying video choreography. Thank you.
:)
Excellent ,informative, entertaining video.
You are very interesting.
😂… Normal.
List of all books mentioned:
*UNCATERGORISED*
- The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore
- Wetlands by Charlotte Roche
*WEIRD WRITERS*
_Miranda July:_
- The First Bad Man
- No One Belongs Here More Than You
_Tao Lin:_
- Richard Yates
- Taipei
*CLASSICS*
- Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
*RANDOM*
- Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby
- Pink by Gus Van Sant
Thanks buddy!
wow i didn't know gus van sant wrote a book
Sweet. Thanks for the easy reference list!
I hope your pillow is cool and traffic lights always green 🫶🏼
I have no idea who this person is or what this video is about - but the opening 30 seconds has me hooked and now I’m subscribed.
Me too
Same here
Exactly the SAME!
Christ. I was just about to say the same thing. I dunno what I did that made this woman pop up on my UA-cam page or whatever you call it, but... Yes.
Me too!
Liked at "is this shirt too much?"subsrcibed at the whip sounds. 😂 talk about a perfect first impression.
Literally. I subbed at 24 seconds
Same!
Same! You took the comment right out from under my thumbs! 😅
Me too.
no doubt
One thing about Ana….is she’s gonna slay an intro every single time, babyyyy!
The Master & Margarita is indeed a strange book, but not in the way that sci-fi/fantasy or horror books can be bizarre. It felt like being in a new environment where you don't have the vocabulary to describe what you're seeing, and yet, you can still figure out where you should and shouldn't walk.
The beginning had me DYING
i was expecting her head to turn and turn like a merry-go-round
I was laughing, but by 0:22 (the last whip) I was dying too. The look on her face made it even better 🤣
I immediately hit the like button 😅
I'm getting such Lilith from Frasier with flamenco vibes here.
Instant subscribe. I have never felt so compelled to subscribe after just ten minutes. I haven't even finished, but this is absolute gold.
Oooh Mee tooh
idk why the algorithm thru this on my yt feed which normally 98% consists of retro gaming handheld reviews but your energy is amazing and hilarious and now i like want to like read a book and stuff
the whipping sound effects are incredible. 10/10 ana
Dunno if they fit on here or not but:
- The Vegetarian (Hang Kang)
- The City & The City (China Mieville)
- The Vorrh (B.Catling)
- Communion Town: a city in ten chapters (Sam Thompson)
Miéville is fantastic.
I'd also add:
- The Raw Shark Texts (Steven Hall)
- The John Nyquist Series (Jeff Noon)
- Finna (Nino Cipri)
- Amatka (Karin Tidbeck)
they're not. but while we're here, add:
Fishboy by Mark Richard (1993)
Grendel by John Gardner (1971)
Miéville i would go with "Perdido Street Station" first
I would like to add Hollow, also by B. Catling.
@@hellbound_psyker Haven't read that one and just checked the description. It has gone to the top of my TBR.
Was totally thinking of The Vorrh…
How did I ever exist without Ana Wallace Johnson ...before discovering her this very day?
Thank you, algorithm.
If we're gonna talk about Master and Margarita, I have to mention One Hundred Years of Solitude! It makes Bulgakovs magical realism look like a typical Tuesday all the way through. The overall effect is absolutely mind blowing and I highly recommend (read the content warnings tho; there're a lot).
The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien is my favourite weird book
Oh god yes. Amazing book.
I was reading a book called "Human Sacrifice in History and Today" at the hospital emergency room. I blacked out while I was getting some IV treatment, when I came to I immediately asked, "Where's my book?". The nurse was looking at me like I was the devil and pointed to my evil object that she had placed on a nearby counter. The encounter made a crappy situation somewhat more bearable.
Gogol's influence on Kafka is quite apparent after reading both. "The Castle" is also a favorite "weird" book--apologies if you mentioned it, I usually reference any covers by frame or a list if it's present.
In a comparative lit class in college after reading literature by both, prof asked “so how would you compare and contrast Kafka and Gogol”. An English lit student replied “Gogol would be great fun at a party, and Kafka would not”. Gogol is wonderfully fun eg The nose.
the only booktuber that actually SERVESSSS. Thank you for your serving us these looks maam
I subscribed, hit the bell, and smashed the like button within the first 45 seconds. Sometimes, you just know, ya know?
Not even sure what I've been doing with my life this whole time without this kind of content.
My weird book recommendation: If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino! Calvino plays around with point of view and each chapter feels like a different book. I found it fascinating :)
I am currently reading his short story collection called ' Numbers in the Dark' and it's definitely interesting and quite unique. I had heard his books were weird so I thought I'd check out if his style would appeal to me and so far I am loving it.
Interesting. I haven't read Calvino in years but I loved _Invicible Cities_ and _Cosmicomics_ so I will put "If on a winter's night a traveler" on my TBR
Cosmicomics remains one of my favourite little bookgems. Not because I enjoyed it that much, but because it makes me happy people can wrench their grey matter in that way.
Highly recommended!
That book had my brain working double time.
Agreed. Calvino is wonderful.
never would have expected the running shorts with the shirt 15:04 was a weird choice...but i liked it
no way i didnt know charlotte roche's book has been translated!!!! people in germany were scandalized when it came out lmao it truly was an experience to read it as a teen back in the day
Yeah I read it when it first came out too because I loved Charlotte Roche as a TV presenter back then but I did regret reading it and it still haunts me to this day lol I live in England now and have seen English translations of it a few times in charity shops but never dared reading it again :'D
Not a Perfume is my signature scent!! I always get so many compliments about how I smell
ana!!! your freakin style!!! your humour!!! obsessed with you, inside and out
the shirt plays.
the flamenco SM flex however....
🤣🤣🤣
I'm a fan of weird so here's my two cents:
Anything by China Mielville.
City Come A Walkin' by John Shirley
Anything by Tom Robbins
The Flounder by Gunter Grass
Under The Glacier by Haldór Laxness
Anything by Ian Banks but especially Whit, The Crow Road, and The Wasp Factory
Lanark: A Life In Four Books by Alistair Grey
In The Country Of Last Things by Paul Auster
Favorite for the last few years is Jeff Noon's Vurt.
After a lifetime of reading (almost 60 years), I'd have to say that perhaps the most disturbing is "The Story of the Eye" by Georges Bataille. A novella, it can be read quickly in one sitting. I doubt that anyone could ever forget it.
Love it! Fun fact about the Wetlands author. She was a well know music tv-presenter in germany. Bit odd even there but no one was prepared fir the book!
First, you can totally rock that shirt and in NY walking around people are going to love it. (You’ll probably get a bunch of compliments on it😉). Second, I hope you know how wildly entertaining you are. When one of your videos is posted I gleefully open it before anything else. In this world of scary politics and world events, it’s so good to just escape into books for a bit with someone who is funny and intelligent. Thank you.📚
The shirt got you a follow in 1:50 😂
I saw Wetlands the film years ago, really enjoyed it...did not realise it was a book also! Thanks :)
Wetlands! Oh dear god, I read that book a long time ago. I was gagging throughout most of the book while reading it, an experience I've never had before or since. I did, however, feel a lot of sympathy for the main character as her motivations and pain became clear by the end
"The Ants" by Boris Vian is probably one of the weirdest books I've ever read. Its a collection of short stories conected only by a side-character that appears in almost all of them, and in one the guy breaks the 4th wall because he comes and kills the protagonist "because he was angry that he wasn't featured in that story". All the tales have weird vibe, like they're happening in an slightly more messed-up version of Dr Seuss's Whoville... its weird and I totally recomend it.
Its probably the second weirdest book I've ever read, suppased only by the illuminatus trilogy of Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, but I'm more reluctant to recomend those, they may be too 70s for some people
I LOVE the Illuminatus! Trilogy!! Such a trip of a read!
@@matrim41 they're amazing books! The only time a book made me dissociate was while reading them
Ah, I'd forgotten all about Boris. Froth On The Daydream.
spoiler alert!
This is the first video I’ve ever seen of yours, and seeing that ribbon dance with the tassel shirt in the beginning made it an instant subscribe. Easiest decision of my life.
'The Book of Disquiet' by Fernando Pessoa, a book everyone must have. Everything about it, and about the life of the writer is weird but also so relatable.
No mention of the ultimate and classic weirdos?
William S Burroughs
Hunter S Thompson
Phillip K Dick (every movie adaptation skips the truly weird)
Phillip definitely 👍
Hi Ana,
The fringed shirt is perfect for a "Lunatic Fringe" of books ! I love the whip sound effects with each fling of your arms. I would never have the courage to wear such a fashion statement. Thanks to this video I feel encouraged to seek out some of these books. I love "Weird" in so many ways, it makes our world so interesting ! I love John Waters,he is" Fun Weird", I've read all his books,and watched most of his movies,and T.V. appearances.
I've read so many weird books, and stories, but the titles escape me after so many years. I just got done reading the complete works of Kafka,which I believe many of his stories fit into this category. My favorite story was "The Penal Colony"....riveting with angst, and incredible visions. Thank you for your very entertaining videos. I really enjoy how you coordinate your fashions with the Themes of your videos.
Till the next one..Happiness, Cindy 📚🫖
Mona Awad, Sayaka Murata and Alissa Nutting are also wonderful weird writers!
Sayaka Murata yes!
Love Mona Awad!
i read bunny by mona awad earlier this year and it was a wild ride from start to finish lmaooo. already looking forward to the reread
@@okchvmali All’s Well is fantastic too!
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills and the Smiling School for Calvinists by Bill Duncan are pretty good too if you are a fan of Scottish strangeness.
Surprised Perfume by Süskind didn’t make the cut.
One of my favorite books !
❤❤❤ I loved that book! The ending 🤯
Talk about books that go weird weird weird WEIRD *WEIRD*
I love this book and the movie and was also surprised it wasn’t in the list!
I love that book!
Shoutouts to Donald Barthelme, Robert Coover and even Barth and Calvino for a bit of the ol' outré. But thanks for the list and the whips sounds
Incredible, the versatility of a whip sound effect.
Found this channel just now and loving the atmosphere of it. I recommend 'The Child Garden' by Geoff Ryman. Never read anything like that before or since. Haven't read it about 30 years & must find a copy to re-read.
That blouse performance made me subscribe!
You are so smart and beautiful Bodana! I am so very proud of you!
instantly subscribed after the opening, absolutely outrageous aura and I am HERE FOR IT
How to make a fabulous first impression in seconds:) Love that Miranda July gets a well deserved nod… her films are also fabulous:)
Most works by Kurt Vonnegut are delightfully weird.
Not to mention intentionally hilarious at the most inappropriate parts of the story.
Sometimes a weird book is just what you need ☺️ These are some of my recs - Brat by Gabriel Smith, How It Works Out by Myriam Lacroix and Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin.
Excuse me how DARE YOU become my new fav book UA-camr on a random Tuesday Summer evening here in Germany?! 20 seconds in I subscribed. Love the shirt. Love you more. 🤠
Edit: it’s Wednesday. This video took my last brain cell in the best way possible 🙂↕️
The shirt is *perfect*!
Ok first timer here. Got stopped by the word WEIRD books as I am kinda weird as well. But THEN the whip top? Your personality? That's it! I am now a sub...scriber. Fab so fab! Looking forward to digging into your archives😊
Definitely enjoying the foley work here. And I may dig up a few of these books, too.
I just stumbled across this UA-cam channel and really love Ana’s style. She’s funny, classy, and informative. To quote the Terminator, « I’ll be back. »
Hi Ana! As you're on the subject of weird literature, I was wondering if you've ever heard of or read the German author Arno Schmidt, who is often compared stylistically and aesthetically to James Joyce? I love your outfit and the new look🤩
Pink looks whacky, I'd love to read it, definitely got to go out in the shirt!
I just read All Fours by Miranda July so I can confirm, very weird. I enjoyed it very much.
Ahh so happy to see The Glutton mentioned!! I haven’t read it but we have it in the library I work at and I keep putting it out on display because the cover is so gorgeous and it looks weird af, thank you for your opinion I’ll bump it up on my list!
I read The Glutton when I was in the hospital with pancreatitis and it was very appropriate. I felt like I had eaten some of the things he had.
Mr Creasote immediately come to mind.
Stopped by for the weird book....stayed for the shirt.
Charlotte Roche was actually born in England to English parents but grew up in Germany, where she also lives. She used to be a television presenter for German music television station VIVA Zwei and later VIVA.
Yeah, it only took me _15 minutes_ to figure out what you were _actually_ emulating with that shirt. 😁 Might I recommend Danielewski's House of Leaves? It's beyond... weird (to the point of strange, perhaps- lol). Awesome video. Thanks for the recommendations!
Ooo Ooo, please let those of us who, in our ignorance can only imagine a whip cracking, tubular bell tingler to be the inspiration for the shirt let us know what you imagine the actual inspiration derives from. Genuinely interested, in a relevantly weird way.
My guess is _Lord of the Dance._ 😂 If you watch how she holds her chin and does her _flairs_ (when the whip sounds are), you can almost imagine her busting into a jig! 😂
@@wyzer9 lol, I can see it now.
@@jameslong9921 Lol My other thought was Jim Carrey as the Mask, when he got all the po-po dancin'! 🤣 (I believe he was emulating a mariachi dancer? Idk.)
On behalf of natural, clean-burning propane, i want to thank you for wearing blue flames.
I am watching this for a second time. I am super entertained by you, and I will always come back to this video when a slight depression starts to hit me.
If you ever wished Kafka had written a fever dream folk tale byway of Over The Garden Wall/The Witch, then In The House In The Dark Of The Woods by Laird Hunt is for you! Equal parts bizarre and unsettling, a delightfully wicked little book ❤
Loved that book!
@@JustinPogue I'm borderline spamming half of book tube begging everyone to read it 😅 I have no shame!
Your title perfectly encapsulates what I’m looking for in a new book to display on my shelf without reading.
OMG the intro - will live rent free in my mind for days lol lol lol .The shirt IS great ! I love me some weird books. Thanks for the recommendations. Melissa Broder is the first author I recommend when someone is looking for weird.
I've got a weird book for you.
Rat, by Andrzej Zaniewski. It was originally written in Polish but translated into English; this is surprisingly unimportant, since there's no dialogue at all and the descriptive writing is quite effective.
Rat is the story of a rat. It's just a biography of an actual rat living in a medium-sized city in eastern Europe. The rat doesn't talk or wear waistcoats or anything; it's just a rat. The rat is born at the beginning of the book and lives its entire life. I assume at the end it dies, but:
This is the only book I have ever read that I could not finish. There are books I haven't finished because I just was bored or procrastinated them or something; in theory I'm still reading Gödel Escher Bach, and maybe I actually will finish it when I retire. No, I was reading this book and I found it so disturbing, so revolting, I just stopped in the middle. It bothered me that much. It is crazy and bizarre and disturbing and freaked me out, and I am not easily outfreakable.
I don't generally recommend this book to people, but if you're looking for something that's really ... different? I guess? You're going to have a hard time finding something this interesting.
RAT is truly in a category all its own.
Thanks for the reco!
YES to The Glutton!!! I loved it
What you did at the end with the dress was a nice shot. would love to do a photoshoot for you with you wearing that same dress with some of your favorite books.
WOW! I stumbled across you this morning. I love the shirt. I'm was surprised about master and the margarita...such a VERY strange book. Thank you!
The Master and Margarita was the inspiration for Mick Jagger (lead singer for the Rolling Stones) to write the song Sympathy for the Devil
Immediately subbed after that intro
Came here for the recs, staying because of the intro 😂
New to this channel.
I can't pinpoint exactly what it is.... yet there's definitely something about it.
The third policeman by Flann O’Brien is pretty weird.
One day, about half my life ago, I was wandering around the Multnomah County Library, as I often did, and happened upon a book titled “Daughter! I Forbid Your Recurring Dream!” , by one James Chapman. I got through as much as I could of it, but it is written in a style which I found bizarre and challenging to follow. I had to look it up just now, to be sure of the title and author, and it was published in 2000, which means it was just a toddler of a book when I found it lost and confused, surrounded by more linear stories. Oddly enough, it seemed happy with its circumstances, so it was definitely weird, and also why I left it there after playing with it for some time.
That same library, around the same time, is also where I found a book published exactly a century prior to the one just described. It was a translation of a French novel, with an English title of “The Juggler”. It was written by a woman named Marguerite Eymery Vallette, who used the nom de plume of Rachilde. At one time banned, the story is about the dynamic between a woman in her mid thirties, a widow to a wealthy man who’d traveled the world, and a medical student in his early twenties. She toys with his emotions in the most exquisitely strange ways and he can’t decide how to feel about it. The ending is quite shocking, and the prose is sublime - full of decadent and dreamy descriptions. Oh and she’s in love with an amphora, so this book was my introduction to the idea of objectum sexuality, yet Rachilde’s witchcraft takes something most people consider utterly freakish and sells it like an issue of Playboy… at least in my opinion, but then again, I am proudly into weird things.
I’m sure I’ve got a few others lying around here or there, but these two just came as a pair. Just found the channel and I adore it. Wouldn’t be caught dead in that shirt but only because it wouldn’t flatter me; otherwise it’s fantastic fashion and a clever prop to boot. You’ve inspired this lazy writer to do more reading, which is and isn’t procrastinating, but I love a paradox. I’ll be sure to watch more of these vids after I edit some of my own on my eyelids. 💖
Thank you, well done and I can’t wait to read some of your picks!
I needed this, your recommendation will help me to understand, as I moved to Vermont a year ago…
Your shirt is a George Crumb-Flamenco- rift and I can picture you (because of your dance moves too) with a rose in your teeth, dancing under a crescent moon on the Pampas.
Thanks again for the great suggestions!
Bulerias baby!
Having never seen one of your videos, that intro was a heck if a first impression
I read a book called 'bone gap' by Laura Ruby a while ago on recommendation from a friend, and it was genuinely one of the most memorable books I've read. It's not super incredibly weird, but it's surreal enough that I think it counts.
I have no idea how I landed here, but you’re fun!
I only just found your channel but I love you!! You are the booktuber I have been searching for 🙏
"weird" is so subjective and broad, but you did a good job of putting together a solid starter pack! for the Miranda July side of weird i would also suggest Jennifer Egan and George Saunders, and would love to learn of other similar authors!
My favorite weird modern writers: Autumn Christian, Sayaka Murata, Brian Evenson, and (I’ll allow it) Haruki Murakami.
The art of the perfectly tassel-ly sound effects is impeccable!
Great blouse and accompanying arm choreography:) Enjoyed your presentation and subscribed.
There’s a book I can’t decide if weird or disturbing, but it’s called Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delany.
I still have no idea what it was about or what the hell was going on.
Loved watching you and hearing what you had to say. I laughed a lot. You were marvelously funny. Thank you for the laughs. I needed them. Love your shirt with the fringe.
The sound effects, the arm gestures and swinging tassels intro 😂.
Sign me up, IMMEDIATELY.
I dig it all
The books, the shirt, you, girl! Trifecta of great stuff.
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
Marabou Stork Nightmares - Irvine Welsh
Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
Anything by author Irvine Welsh is 100% "weird" & 100% good reads.
Especially: "Porno", "Filth" & "Trainspotting"
This video was everything!!! From the music to the shirt to the content 💅
Such great discussions, really enjoyed the discussions on rereads and dnf
I needed the laughs today. I love the shirt, the xylophone sounds, and you for being funny.
The fit is FITTING!!! Love that shirt sm
Another small book which might feel at home in your list is "The Lonely Heart's Club" by Raul Nunez, it may also feel comfortable with your sponsor in that it's impact lasts.
Hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world or 1Q84 both by Haruki Murrakami are both gold (but then most of his stuff is)