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Going back to Kafka, I wouldn't call him a young person's author. Not to say I'm very far from "young". Even Metamorphosis is so multi-layered... When I was younger I enjoyed it, sort of, for its mildly funny and desperate tone, but now, several years later, it feels much more impressive than it ever did. Obviously, Kafka's talent is in writing the indescribable, but the older I get and the more I reflect on his stuff, the more I realize how epically indescribable the Metamorphosis is. Not a word of it means what it says. It's all a singular "thing" that most young people won't appreciate until they're older, even if they know the concept. Read something like Josephine the Singer, or the Judgement, and try to take it in as a single word. It's fucking intense.
Has anyone read House of Leaves? It's pretentious as hell, but the guy is as talented as he thinks he is. One of my favorites. I recommend adding it to everyone's list. At least for a look.
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