Good (Fiction) Book about the Dark Night and Morality

BeeBoop, modified 5 Years ago at 9/5/18 7:19 PM
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Good (Fiction) Book about the Dark Night and Morality

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Hi pals, just wanted to recommend something that isn't explicitly a dharma book, but its themes cover the Dark Night and morality really well. It's called "Everything Matters!" by Ron Currie Jr. It's a good allegory of what to do (and not do) when you're sifting through a lot of darkness and how it's tempting to let it bleed out and affect the people you love (Spoiler: Don't).

I am at the tail end of the autobiographical section of MCTB2 and some lines brought that book to mind.

The author gets compared to Kurt Vonnegut a lot, so if that's your thing maybe that will entice you?
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Daniel M Ingram, modified 5 Years ago at 9/5/18 11:05 PM
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RE: Good (Fiction) Book about the Dark Night and Morality

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Also recommended in that same vein: A Wizard of Earthsea

A Man’s Search for Meaning

A lot of good Russian and Eastern Block classics too numerous to mention, but Crime and Punishment is an obvious one.
JP, modified 5 Years ago at 9/6/18 11:04 AM
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RE: Good (Fiction) Book about the Dark Night and Morality

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It's more on the "coping with massive changes in your subjective experience" side than on the Dark Night or morality side, but I've really enjoyed reading A Succession of Bad Days by Graydon Saunders.

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