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Did he do it /lit/?
>>7976331
It's a meme you dip
>Well, I think being shy basically means being self-absorbed to the extent that it makes it difficult to be around other people.
Was he righter?
>>7976314
Well I guess he'd know.
But yeah, I completely agree.
>>7976314
don't make me post the copypasta
In some cases.
Is is good?
>>7976277
Is it good?*
Yes. Orwell was at his best when in journalism mode imo
>>7976547
Agreed. Homage to Catalonia is his best work.
Has anyone here read The Cement Garden? What are your thoughts on this book? Thoughts on Ian McEwan in general?
I read it and thought it was pretty good. Well evoked setting, depressing 70s Britain. I liked the psychology of the children/teenagers, felt horribly realistic in a way, like I could believe that incident could happen given the right conditions. Line by line I wasn't blown away by the prose but that wasnt the point I guess. It could've been 20% shorter and I'm not sure I would have missed anything. Also I wonder if its subject matter may have been more shocking at the time of publication rather than now when we are all desensitized to dark shit from being on...
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How do you guys view the files? I've been reading them in my web browser but that's for shit
SumatraPDF. It's great for reading any e-book format.
On my ebook reader.
>thinking your "big ideas" can in any way make up for your shitty writing
Nabokov was so fucking right about everything.
Except Faulkner. He was just butthurt that Faulkner exceeded him as a writer in every way possible.
>>7976210
>He was just butthurt that Faulkner exceeded him as a writer in every way possible.
Not in poetic prose. Nabokov knew how to write metaphors, but Faulkner couldn’t do it.
And Lolita is a better book than anything by Faulkner, and will survive longer in the minds of readers and the general public.
>>7976245
And that is the immortality you and I may share
Would /lit/ recommend this book to someone relatively new to philosophy and theology? I'm familiar with Nietzche but have never read any of his works, I'm very interested in learning about his fictionalized portrayal of Zoroaster.
>>7976091
>I'm familiar with Nietzche but have never read any of his works
What did he mean by this?
>>7976099
Ive heard of him from other people
>>7976091
Read Beyond Good And Evil first, after that read On the Genealogy of Morality maybe read Zarathustra afterwards. zarathustra is really hard to understand.
Also you dont know nietzsche if you didnt read a single book of him.
For some reason webms with sound are not allowed here.
Basically, this is a segment of literature lesson in Russian school.
Original webm: https://2ch[---dot---]hk/b/src/124928600/14618682144720.webm
Transcription(translation follows):
Cкaжитe, вы cлышaли тaкoe cлoвocoчeтaниe, кaк "чтeниe мeждy cтpoк"?
Ecтecтвeннo.
Для вac этo впoлнe ecтecтвeннo.
Ho, oкaзывaeтcя, чтo читaть мeждy cтpoк мoгyт тoлькo нaши люди.
Cкaжитe, вы кoгдa читaeтe хyдoжecтвeннyю...
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Russians think they can read between the lines because they're seeing double from all the vodka.
>>7976104
true
Noticed that there is something written behind her:
"Holy Russia"
"95%"
"5%"
(maybe talking about population proportions world vs Russia. Which is wrong then, because it is 98 to 2 currently.)
"RITA principle."
(basically, theory about human telegony with a twist about preserving Aryan-Slavic race)
Hi there, /lit/izens. Recently I got pulled into Albert Camus' works and while I love most of what I understand in his books and essays, I don't necessarily know how to pronounce the French names he uses. How do I pronounce Meursault? I somehow got used to reading it in my head like how I would read any word in my language (that would be 'ma-ur-suh-ult'), but I think that if I were to recommend somebody the books or just use it as an example on the finals that I will be taking in a week or so - pronounciating it this way would be an overkill. So - how do...
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google it
you can google the pronunciation of anything and hear a voice speak it
>>7976072
I don't trust those automatic mechanical voices though.
>>7976066
Meursault=merr- soh if I remember correctly
Not sure about the others
ITT: Recommend best true crimes books.
Zodiac was good
Helter Skelter
Other books by Graysmith are pretty alright. The Amerithrax one I remember liking.
>>7976075
Yeah.
>>7976082
I have read some other stuff on Manson and know a lot on the whole Manson Family ordeal. Is Helter Skelter worth the read?
Is it a bad idea to read two books at once? I am in the middle of Moby Dick, but just got Lolita in the mail.
Quit reading Moby Dick and read it when you feel ready. You won't be able to put down Lolita anyways.
>>7976059
I usually read 3-4 books at once. Only one novel though. The others are usually psychology, philosophy, or education books.
It's a bad idea to read two books that are similar to each other. Everything I've read recommends reading things in different genres, be it fiction & non-fiction or fictional drama and comedy. Otherwise you'll get burned out.
Who is the meme trilogy's best meme character?
Michael Pemulis, Pig Bodine, or Buck Mulligan?
Mario
>>7976090
yikes bad taste
>>7976126
Oh, 'meme character', my bad; I didn't register it after the first use of the word in OP. I shall waste no time in amending my reply.
>there's a 14 years old boy in TBK who read some books which he inherited from his father
>his favourite activities are trolling peasants at the marketplace and shitposting irl about science and atheism
>he says to his goddamn 11 years old friend: "I am a socialist."
Dostoevsky, you fucking memster. Also, this is one of the few parts which are actually enjoyable.
Yeah, TBK is a solid album m8, but I prefer the Great Annihilator
>>7976057
Both Swans' best but I think that due to their difference in styles, they're sorta incomparable desu
Why do youngsters like biographical criticism and interpretation so much? Because it is the easiest? How much value do you feel there is in biographical analysis?
because it's what's taught at school and it's easy and it's generally how society thinks about artists, writers, musicians etc
there can be some interest, but it's far too limiting and can be done at the expense of more interesting analysis
Please no spoilers, other got removed cause it wasn't literature even though the mod post states books are aloud. Anyway welcome back to the land of Demigods.
>>7975990
It probably got deleted because books like these aren't taken seriously here and are generally only mentioned in hate or nostalgia threads.
>the more you know
>>7975990
Just because something is a book doesn't mean it is literature, and the Percy Jackson series is not literature. Please delete this and stop posting.
>>7976005
Read the mods thing man. It literally says books are aloud!
