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Why is this considered so great?
Because it has a lot of interesting concepts in it.
Didn't you see all his advertisements?
>>8233936
Borges is one of very few authors where if you can't appreciate his works then you have hopelessly shitty tastes.
What philospher has the best writing style and why is it Cioran.
Wittgenstein
>>8233829
Baudrillard
Me lmao
>>8233752
start with the greeks
>>8233752
Sun and Steel.
>>8233774
Any particular Greek?
>most great authors weren't properly recognized in their lifetime
Is this even remotely true anymore? It seems as though the elements of literature that would previously make something subversive and controversial are now widely accepted, and authors that /lit/ masturbates to like Pynchon and DFW got to be called geniuses in their lifetime, while academics turn their nose up to "genre shit." And even then, the best "genre shit" writers get good reviews for their books.
The books that really do get terrible...
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>>8233693
>most great authors weren't properly recognized in their lifetime
>kills himself in order to be recognized
the biggest risk of them all
well meme'd, Mr. Wallace.
>>8233703
>lifetime of clinical depression
>goes off meds due to change in efficacy
>"he killed himself for attention"
>>8233703
except Infinite Jest was a critical success and got called "the best novel in the past 30 years"
Best position to read
Simple as that
Missionary.
Reverse cowgirl. Youre generally right under the light.
>>8233639
OP, here, missed files
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hes probly lying about being dead too
>>8233633
my favorite fantasy writer
>[...] that Laertes gives his son in Hamlet?
Did the translator fuck up or was Mishima a fucking hack?
>>8233613
I don't own the book or I'd check for you.
I would say it's probably on the editor, not the translator, but given that it's the name of the character and not the relationship that's wrong, it's possible it was Mishima. I can't imagine mis-translating katakana like that.
>>8233629
>given that it's the name of the character and not the relationship that's wrong
Good point actually.
I wanted to believe in Mishima though.
>>8233613
Long shot: could be an error on the part of the character, rather than the author.
Heya /lit/. For class I have to choose one of the following books to read:
-The Help, Kathryn Stockett
-A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
-An Invisible Thread, Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski
Not looking for the fastest or hardest book per se, just which one would be the most interesting/nice to read in general. Any suggestions on which one I should pick would be very much appreciated!
>>8233578
Dude, A visit from the goon squad sounds so lolworthy. I'd go for that just for the title.
>>8233589
Aha, i know right. It sounds ridiculous. I'm asking because I literally have heard of none of these, but if nothing comes up I'll just go with that one for the title
Goon Squad, the rest is garbage.
Seems like all philosophy requires the belief in a God.
>>8233535
What do you know, nothing about philosophy that's what.
>Seems like
What are you talking about...
Seems like you're just dumb
To people who read Japanese literature, do you have any recommendations for novels written in the Heisei period(1989-present)?
I search Amazon monthly for new Japanese novels, but to no avail. All I find are old novels from the Meiji - Taisho - Showa periods, novels by Keigo Higashino and other Mystery novelists, and Vertical inc.'s overpublished Crime and Hard-Boiled Detective fiction(I'm sick of these).
Please don't recommend me Haruki Murakami or Natsuo Kirino. I'm mostly looking for Psychological Thrillers and (Black) Comedy novels, but...
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>>8233521
Minae Mizumura is what you're looking for, OP. She's excellent. Another one in translation is coming out next year too.
>>8233521
The famous ones.
Battle Royale, the Ring cycle, Murakami Ryu's novels (really different from Haruki's. Much more gritty), Welcome to the NHK...
>>8233538
Thank you so much. I'm aware of this Author. Unfortunately, her books are not what I'm looking for at the moment. I'm looking for non-autobiography novels based on modern Japan(Heisei period).
But I'll make sure to try her books sometime in the future.
>>8233545
Actually, I read all of the mentioned novels. Murakami Ryu is one of my favorite novelists, unfortunately his latest novels and quite few of his earlier novels are not published in English.
I'm not sure if /lit/ counts web novels or light novels as literature, but I'm looking for some good ones to read. Anything goes really, if it's good I'll read it, I'll check everything out that's posted here , thanks.
No, it doesn't. Fuck off to >>/a/.
>>8233413
Web novels aren't anime though lol, they're just novels on the internet you degenerate.
What are the best books about Ancient Rome? Preferably stuff that covers it all: from the Latin hill tribes to the Byzantines and everything in between.
Who is this cum dumpster?
the Aeneid sums it up
>>8233358
HIGH TEST
Would you abstain from buying a book if the cover was ugly?
It seems almost impossible to achieve aesthetic book shelves unless you have the funds for all leather-bound, everything's so fucking gaudy nowadays.
>>8233349
Not necessarily, but if my library had it or I wasn't /that/ interested yes.
>>8233349
Will not tolerate Wordsworth classics. Also, your pic shows Kafka's own drawings.
i like this one
Is it going to be near impossible to find a decent hardback copy of this for around $20? A couple eBay sales for $70< are posted, which is just ridiculous. I want to read this but I don't enjoy reading on screens. I just read Omon Ra and enjoyed it enough. Does anyone own this book? Is it worth reading? Are there some websites I'm forgetting to check? Is it even worth the effort?
>>8233342
What the fuck is this shit anyway?
>>8233342
Looking at the cover, there are zero circumstances in which this book is worth reading.
Yeah, I know you'd think that. But it's by Victor Pelevin and he's a decent writer and from what I hear it's an absurdist novel about a lonely and sad banker who's obsessed with the number 34 and isn't just pokemon smut.
i used to call all Nobel Prizes "Nobel peace prize"
I used to call all Nobel pieces "Nobel PISCES"
i used to think the food lion logo was a eagle headed creature, not a lion with its tongue out
I used to think Darth Vader's name was "Dark invader"
