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From http://www.cosmoetica.com/b326-des266.htm
"Infinite Jest shows
David Foster Wallace sucks
really, really bad."
Is he right?
>>7999496
Does this guy even like books
I'm not sure the guy likes anything. His YouTube channel is just him shitting on everything from Steven Spielberg to James Joyce to David Foster Wallace.
>>7999616
His favorite author is Vonnegut.
>Flannery O'Connor
>Walker Percy
>Gene Wolfe
why do people say there's no good American writers?
Why would you compare my girl Flan to those autistic fucks
>>7997275
nigga, have you read Peace or The Moviegoer? get the fuck outta here
>>7997263
>american
>good
is end zone worth reading? i know nothing about football, but the premise is really interesting
it's okay
didn't really get the point desu but it was funny
Is there any reason to read this?
>>8000105
Not really.
>>8000105
So you can form your own opinions and stop being a co-dependent pleb.
i don't know, maybe if you want to read the life of pi there's a reason.
/lit/ is there really any books that have come out recently that are even worth reading? Honestly, this is a serious question.
>>7999934
>A Brief History of Seven Killings
>A Visit from the Goon Squad (five years is recent in literature, fuck off)
>Purity
>The Sympathiser
>Fortune Smiles
>>8001553
I can't bring myself to read books just because they won awards.
>>7999934
Knausgård bitch nigga do you even meme?
I took it today, the MC wasn't so bad, except for that fucking mowing poem, made no sense whatsoever. And the essays, the one over the juggler poem also was super confusing, I just wrote some BS over how the juggler was fighting the force of the earth and won. The other two weren't so bad, desu. I wrote about Hamlet in the open essay, that works for everything.
Also I'm 18, so no underage b8 here today, boys.
I didn't but a few of my friends did, I didn't get into the class because of scheduling issues (Really who schedules APUSH and APLIT at the same time) gearing up to take APLANG next year.
>still in highschool
no wonder /lit/ is shit
>>7999618
>that fucking mowing poem
Andrew Marvell?
I have read a lot of the modern western canon, and now I unironically want to "start with the Greeks", not out of a completionist desire to work my way through the entire literary canon, but because I am genuinely interested in the Greeks. Other than pic related, what recommendations do you have? I am especially looking for secondary literature, written by academics for a layman's audience, on Greek culture, history and its literary merits.
>>7999532
Oh, and are the Penguin Classics good, regarding translation, introduction, annotations and paper quality?
You should've started with them, now it's too late.
>>7999532
Do this one. That mythology book is excellent, you can find a file of it online.
Dear /lit/,
I'm a bookseller at Barnes and Noble. That's what they call us, "booksellers." I would like to apologize to you all.
Barnes and Noble is, as you know, as large corporation. Their goal is to make as much money as possible. For that reason, they instruct us booksellers to act a certain way to our customers:
1) Do not go to great lengths talking to the customers about books.
2) If they ask you for an opinion on a book, always give the answer, "It's great!"
3) When at the register, always, always, ALWAYS, try to sell the customer a B&N membership card.
4) Always ask for email addresses so the customer can get "free coupons" (i.e. Spam ads).
5) And, once again, NEVER talk to the customer for too long.
For that reason, I'm sorry. I see you all walk up to the information desk with copies of books I absolutely adore. However, I'm forced to simply help you find whatever it is you're looking for and then quickly depart to find the next customer to help. I speak on behalf of all booksellers: We would LOVE to talk to you! However, the corporation tells us we cannot.
/lit/, next time you go in to Barnes and Noble, really ask your bookseller what they think of a piece of literature. I mean, REALLY ask them. You'll notice them get a little uncomfortable. That's because they probably know that they can talk for hours about that book... but unfortunately the store managers are watching them from their offices on little cameras posted up all around the store.
Truly sorry.
>>7999041
I wonder if this is true at Half Price Books too. But I get the feeling it's not. When vinyl is sold they'll talk for a good lot of time, but none of them will ever talk with me about books.
>>7999041
>5) And, once again, NEVER talk to the customer for too long.
You have to apologize for this? I want for you to fuck off when I'm checking out books. I don't care if you like something I'm buying, you most likely didn't have anything meaningful to say about it anyway.
>>7999041
Is that why the qt3.14s never seem interested in my patrician books I'm buying?
When was the last time you went to a library for fun?
Like a week ago to pay 25 bucks on overdue fees
I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.
>>7998675
fun times
Should writing be complicated or simple?
simple
complicated
Hello /lit/, I've just finished reading 1984 by George Orwell and it was pretty mind-blowing. Do you guys have any suggestions on other dystopian-themed books that is worth to read?
The hunger games, Divergent
Animal Farm, Brave New World.
The New World (Aldous Hyxley) and Fanhreneit 451 (dont remember) are really really cool
Italici anon, in questo thread! Parliamo di letteratura italiana non tradotta, critichiamo i nostri racconti, scambiamoci storie senza il pregiudizio dell'anglosfera!
Cosa state leggendo/scrivendo?
Io sto approfondendo Giorgio Manganelli, al momento la Letteratura come Menzogna e Encomio del Tiranno - ho appena finito di scrivere una tesina per un corso.
Sono americano ma ho appena finito lo studio della lingua e cultura italiana all'università.
Ieri, ho letto due cornici di Boccaccio (dal suo Decameron). Preferisco le opere filosophiche del 19th secolo come Pirandello.
>>7994030
Hai letto Leopardi? Mi pare di capire sia molto amato negli Stati Uniti.
Baricco is God
What are some 5 de mayo-core texts?
>>8001251
>read first 10 chapters
>pretty difficult
>start reading chapter 11
am i mentally retarded or is this a hundred times harder than the beach and vignette chapters? i have literally no idea what is happening except that they are at the ormond
>>8001216
git gud
Where the fuck do you get a copy of Women and Men?
The library. Don't you know your /lit/ memes? What do you think DFW was going to get?
>>8001157
on ebay or Amazon for 350 if you want a first edition or like 100 for the paper back
>>8001157
there is a copy in the rare books collection at my uni. im tempted to go in a swipe it
