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> he reads literary criticism
Seriously, what is the point in this shit?
>>7608639
To be able to critique literature presumably
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>pleb shitpost
Sure is reddit in this thread
>>7608714
> doesn't appreciate clear layout
> calls other people pleb
What the fuck am I reading
>translation
>>7608502
A book would be the most obvious answer.
>>7608502
i have no idea because the english wikipedia page is obtuse and there is no french one
how about you tell us, OP?
What does /lit/ think of this absolute legend?
>>7608424
gtfo
>>7608424
Prey was pretty good but underwhelming. I read a lot of sci fi and thrillers so the prose being bad wasn't an issue I just thought the ending and the apocalyptic potential could have been a lot more. I have never read any of his other stuff
>>7608424
God tier - Rising Sun and Airframe
Shit tier - everything else
Peter Stamm - Agnes
Opinions?
>>7608278
>What's the best way to set fire to a book?
>>7608369
Gasoline, lighter.
Sounds fun
Is it any good?
Anyone has an epub of this book? Can't find one anywhere.
>>7607977
Buy it, support your favourite authors :)
Ya I just found it.
>>7607977
pirate bay, kikcass
What does /lit/ think of Chomsky?
>>7607230
Manufacturing Consent was ok.
His theories are unfalsifiable trash.
His politics are embarrassingly childish.
>>7607230
I think he'll be ok
Hello my brothers.
Over the course of a blessed, productive year I was able to live in such a way that my free time was in abundance and the result is that I have completed three novels, three novelettes (I only just learned of this category a moment ago), and three short stories. This symmetry was not intentional as until now, I thought anything that was not a novella was a short story, but that is insignificant.
Over the last week I have been sending out innumerable queries of my novels but as I cannot expect a response soon, I would like to begin submitting...
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I hope your stories don't read like your post.
>>7606865
The only place that would be of REAL benefit to you is a reputable literary magazine such as The New Yorker. Other than that, just try and get your work published in any magazine. I would avoid e-mags, but if they are your only option then go right ahead and let them publish your story.
>>7606883
Thank you for your advice. How can a magazine that is reputable be distinguished from one that is not?
I really liked Fury & Shalimar The Clown by Salman Rushdie. Should I absolutely read his other books too (in particular the infamous The Satanic Verses)??
>>7605744
Midnight's Children is his masterpiece. Satanic Verses was just edgy and got the media riled up with the whole fatwa thing.I didnt like either
>>7605744
NO NO NO. I wanted him to be this edgy fedora lord who pisses of anyone and everyone by 'Sticking it to the Man', but he wasn't. He was a shitty writer. Just think, had he been beheaded in the streets he wouldn't be writing anymore. ;__;
>>7605753
>>7605760
There's this dank new meme going around where peeps claim authors like Gass, McElroy, Pynchon, and Gaddis are as juvenile as DFW..
Rushdie is fantastic but unfortunately he also happens to be alive and relatively popular so don't expect any sort of positive reactions towards him on here.
The Satanic Verses was great imo and i look forward to reading Midnight's Children
Who are some famous authors that turned out to be Muslim?
You might be surprised
Yes even those who seemed beyond idelogy
I couldn't believe my eyes when I found out this was true. All this talk about Christianity and for what?
>all my life I've been looking for meaning, in tennis, in Wittgenstein, po-mo and Pynchon, and finally in audience pussy. Not even pop culture[1] could fill the void in my soul
>but now I have purpose. Goodbye Karen, I'm going off to join the jihad against western imperialism in the land of the Prophet. By the time you have found this note, I will already alongside my al-Qaeda brothers in Afghanistan. 55 virgins await me inshallah.
>signed David Wallace, 12/9/2008
[1]Meaning...
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What are your favourite film adaptations of Shakespeare?
Branagh's Henry V has always been mineI tried /tv/ but that was like trying to discuss Shakespeare on /tv/
>>7604573
This one is good. The Derek Jacobi prologue is super nice too.
I like the McKellan Lear (with weird Russian costumes) and the Patrick Stewart MacBeth (with the AK47s and creepy witches and soviet bunkers)
Always thought the DiCarpio Romeo and Juliet is a bit silly, as was the Ethan Hawke Hamlet.
>>7604573
Orson Welles was a great adapter. He's best when he's SLANTING Shakespeare heavily towards his own readings, though. Namely, Chimes at Midnight.
You're going to get a lot of Chimes in the thread, but that's because it's fucking great.
King Lear 1971 was something I enjoyed, as well Ran, a Kurosawa adaptation of Lear.
Now that I'm thinking more, Richard III (with Ian McKellen) is well done.
has anyone read Varg's book "Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia"
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> taking seriously a literal manchild
http://youtu.be/ga8AP-eSjhM
lol this guy
>>7601015
disgraceful
SPOILER ALERT!
Why do you think Rogozhin killed Natasha Filippovna?
I think it was because he knew he couldn't have her so he killed her before she could escape from him again.
>>7608533
Rogozhin was basically /r9k/ doing his own beta uprising
rogozhin is the opposite to the prince
empathy : lust
platonic : passion
he kills because he is not the idiot
>2016
>not knowing how to use spoilerstop kek
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>McCarthy reveals that he is not a fan of authors who do not "deal with issues of life and death," citing Henry James and Marcel Proust as examples. "I don't understand them," he said. "To me, that's not literature. A lot of writers who are considered good I consider strange."He's right you know.
>only muh Hemingway writing is literature
"ok."
>>7608332
>Listening to an untalented hackHe's right though
Proust very much writes about issues of life and death. What the fuck do you think À la recherche du temps perdu is about? Some decadent trouncing around France for 3.000 pages? In terms of wit and knowledge, wisdom and style, Proust and James blow the fucking pants off that autist Hemingway wannabe.
Yea
It's very strange how often we see things like this here. It's always Kant and Wittgenstein solved philosophy. Fucking bonky.
More like Hegel solved philosophy, amirite?
It washume
If you don't like his work, the problem lies squarely with you.
>>585152
Sorry I only read Patrician authors like Fitzgerald and DFW. Just fuck off you pleb.
>>7608260
I think his writings are quite specific in terms of appeal. I love him, but it's surreal and plays with the reader.
I don't like faggy wizards and spaceships and shit because I'm a clean-shaven adult man.
