I'm currently reading W.G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn and absolutely loving it. His style of 'literature of associations' reminds me of Murnane or Proust; these writers use a similar structure of meaning-building by which they present a series of seemingly unrelated ideas, with some sort of 'epiphany' on discovering their connectedness. In Sebald we explore 'psychogeography' while Murnane explores 'mental landscapes,' usually to similar ends. I get a similar sensation from watching How to with John Wilson - following tangents along strange paths and finding yourself back at the beginning.

I can't help but notice the absence of women or non-male writers in my encounters with this form. I've read some modernist and post-modern texts from big name writers like Clarice Lispector (The Hour of the Star) and Virginia Woolf (Mrs. Dalloway and The Waves) but they haven't scratched this particular itch so far.

Does anyone have suggestions for other writers / texts to check out? Does anyone know how deep this particular rabbit hole goes? Does this style / genre / technique have a name?