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Why do I never see /lit/ mention one of the most important books of the twentieth century? Do any of you actually read?
>>7654020
I'm busy reading Hawkes, anon.
>>7654031
Is Hawkes any good? I know he inspired Pynchon's work, but I'm just not exactly a fan of Pynchon. Is he in the same vein of writer?
Also, reading someone else still isn't an excuse not to get your hands on this fucking beauty.
>>7654042
I like him. He is much, much more subtle than Pynchon, and his ideas are much better. In terms of style, he isn't as flashy, but I think it conveys and creates perfectly, and is able to make you very uncomfortable without being unbearably edgy like Pynchon.
Hi anons. I wrote a book, and you can read it if you want to. It's free today and tomorrow on amazon. Pls no bully.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BAT3MLS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0
ooh hoo hoo wat a silly boi u are
I'm going to read your book and I will leave a review based on my actual opinion, not some meme-level shit.
That's the best I can offer.
>>7654396
you have this offer from me as well, OP. Thanks for sharing your stuff.
What do you think about ballsack?
>>7653765
Father Goriot was a good novel, and Vautrin is a great Faustian character.
I hope that anglo will have a writter like this one day.
Ballsack. Don't like him. Proto-ASOIAF worldbuilding autism.
Started reading this... Don't understand a shit ton of the words used. Wut do
git gud. and this isn't even the git gud of literature.
>>7653343
suicide might help
come back to it when your ready, or keep a dictionary by you. reading it in your present state will be a waste.
/lit/
Would you ever get a tattoo of your favorite quote from a book you really enjoyed? If so, what is it? More importantly, why?
>inb4 tattoos are degenerate
They are degenerate. In all cases, even if it's from a philosophical book
"Let it enfold you"
http://m.poemhunter.com/poem/let-it-enfold-you/
>>7653311
for me, tattoos are degenerate. They're part of the jewish plan to breed out whiteness, hence degenerate.
we can never have a proper society with tattoos
Did Proust really jack off to rats killing each other/being stuck with pins?
Well anon, I don't think we have access to this kind of information
First time I hear about this.
It seems unlikely but it wouldn't surprise me. Some parts of La Recherche are surprisingly perverse.
>Proust would enter a brothel and ask the Madam if she had a hat pin and any rats. If the Madam informed him that she had both, or could obtain them, Proust would then request that the pin and vermin be sent up to his room. Once Proust was in his room and comfortable, a rat would be brought in by the Madam, in a makeshift cage, along with, preferably, a pearl-headed hair pin. Proust would then instruct the Madam to puncture the rat from its back through its belly with the hair pin. As the pin slowly went through the rat, Proust would masturbate; timing his ejaculation to occur at the exact moment the tip of the pin pierced the rat’s belly, so that its blood and his semen fell in time.
>it's his birthday
>no thread
>tfw only read authors who are still alive
>>7652687
the only day we absolutely -need- to have a joyce thread is handjob memorial day, aka bloomsday.
>>7652689
a sad existence you must lead
>reading J.G. Ballard story
>random homo shit out of nowhere
>"I celebrated in his tight buttocks a new stylised form of violence"
every fucking time
What is that, Crash?
>>7651774
he literally just said it was a short story you stupid fucking retarded faggot piece of shit god damn
>>7651801
It says "short story" nowhere, you dyslexic sack of shit.
>Europeans don't care about Vollman, Gass, ,Pynchon, or McElroy.
Why?
>>7651643
Because europeans have taste, thats why.
>>7651643
The conservatives think they're too radical (or rather, don't think beyond the great realists).
The progressives think they're politically unsound and thus irrelevant.
How do we prove to Europeans we are cool with our dense post modern masterpieces?
Alright lit, let's see how many well accomplished (and possibly unduly ignored) non-meme authors we can name. I'll begin:
>Graham Greene
>>7650335
>initials are GG
>He is a white cracka and his name is a cracker too
>Greenetexting
This guy is a meme supreme, 0/10 OP may god have mercy on your soul
>>7650335
Accomplished in an artistic sense of course.
>>7650335
David Foster Wallace
>writes book called Infinite Jest
>becomes an eternal meme
>Infinite Jest
>Eternal Meme
He predicted his memehood, prove to me he isn't a genius
Disclaimer: I haven't actually read IJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2zJOryHKQ
>infinite jest
>it's one long joke
>reading ij
>10pg subfootnote
well it was nice while it lasted
>implying literature isn't too far gone at this point
lmao that picture is autistic as fuck
>waaah people who I don't like do what I do but worse
Just ignore them senpai
The founders of literature are so disenfranchised with the state of their community they invested so much time into that they left altogether to start a new one?
>>7655893
go back to r9k please
>tfw I sat down today for 6 hours and wrote the best short story I've ever written
>>7655867
>tfw I've sat in my basement having wonderful day dreams for the past six years
>tfw I only started writing down all the thoughts in my head two days ago
>tfw I am so far behind but holy shit does the future seem bright
>>7655867
post it blyet
>>7655877
I'm feeling good atm and if I post it I will most certsinly be brought right back down to earth
Books similar to Confederacy of Dunces?
Anything with an anti-social, "autistic" protagonistwith a wicked sense of humour
Some I've read:
>A Long Evening of Goodbyes
>Welcome to the N.H.K.
>Don Quixote
>Notes from the Underground
>Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things
Oblomov.
Diary of a Superfluous Man.
not necessarily as funny or as interesting, but definitely one of the sources of the literary archetype. I know there are quite a few more, gimme time to think.
>>7655467
also, i wouldn't say Don Quixote was that type of character at all.
>>7655476
Don Quixote is the archetypal picaresque novel
Just a heads up if you use a newer kindle, are on firmware version 5.6.5 and want to jailbreak. Amazon is pushing their new software which adds some relatively minor new features and probably fixes some possible exploit possibilities. The author of the 5.6.5 jailbreak held it back until now to give Amazon time to fix their holes but will release it in the next couple of days on the mobileread forums. If you want to jailbreak DO NOT turn off airplane mode from now on.
Personally I look forward to finally being able to use Koreader on my pw2 again.
What is even the point of it?
>>7655398
It allows you to use custom reading and other software on your paperwhite, allowing you to use other formats than mobi and azw3 for example.
>>7655404
Is that it? Most ebooks I pirate come in those file formats anyways, and if they don't it takes a second of converting. Seems like an unneeded bother
