{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Is there any actual book that has the plot; \"middle aged English professor agonizes for 100 pages about whether or not to sleep...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/680721082037272576/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>talkinggorillabutler</strong> asked: <p>Is there any actual book that has the plot; \"middle aged English professor agonizes for 100 pages about whether or not to sleep with his grad student\" or is that a platonic ideal stereotype  of mid century literary fiction? </p></div>\n<p>I mean I&rsquo;m sure &ldquo;academic fiction&rdquo; was a thing cause what else was <i>White Noise</i> riffing off?</p>"}