>>7833518
read 2 sentences, u forgot a basic comma.

>>7833518
Your English is a little rusty, and you misuse a word here or there, but you've produced a more substantial body of work towards completing a novel than I myself ever have.

Your persistence makes me ashamed that I have thought about writing for so long, but have simply produced fragment after countless fragment.

The fact that you are not yet skilled but persist makes me both mildly frustrated and more hopeful for myself.

Writing is a craft, and so it must be learned.
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>>7833518
I only read a bit, but it doesn't seem any worse than the fantasy shill that gets published. There are grammatical mistakes, but that's to be expected for something that hasn't been edited.

Can't say I see much skill or promise, but hey you're actually writing which is probably more than most people on this board can say. I would suggest reading varied, quality books. It may help with your bland writing style.

Fucking yes man. I read this book on a whim one summer and loved it. I've been meaning to pick up a copy of my own (I previously borrowed it from the library) to write all over because I'm definitely due a reread.

The fragmented stories, dreamlike sequences of nostalgic tranquility and brutal, shocking deaths just seem to sum up war. Disorientating, shocking and horrific, just making the quiet moments seem all the more sweet.

Sure, it's a good book. But I'd say you probably haven't read THAT many books.

>>7833482
the one with the dude driving around the lake over and over was p good

>>7833391
Read "The Sticky", by Anon Anonson.

read all the volumes of story of civilization by will durant, then go and read all the books he mentions and go and see all the art he mentions, or u could do a humanities degree but u can get story of civilization on ebay for like 100 bucks

>>7833391
Finnegans Wake

I enjoyed Motherless Brooklyn
but that's the only thing of his I read
I have Dissident Gardens on the shelf but I have a 7 book backlog and he's probably 6th or 7th on the list of priorities

>>7833384
I think he's one of the most interesting authors of the last decade, one that cleverly breaks the mold of the new realism that is the dominant of literary fiction post-2000.
On the other hand, he's never going to get past the stigma of "muh genre fiction" that is still too present in contemporary academia (not to mention the retards who post here).
Chronic City is possibly the best 9/11 novel published until now.

not worth the energy to hate

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>>7833361
I'll bump this for you, poor soul.

Always start with the primary source. There are writings that exist authored by Caesar. Start with his campaigns in Gaul. After that, if you're you're still hungry, read his civil war.

The absolute BEST book I've used a couple of times for essays is pic related.

Your pic related is fine, but it's best to read more than one book to "...learn everything." Particularly, the primary sources. Always start with that!

>>7834493
Okay, cool. Thanks man.

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>>7834493
I haven't read Gelzer's book, but that's interesting.

I began by reading The Gallic War at the library. You can always tell who has read this book and who hasn't too. Although the descriptions are quite staccato, Caesar almost always relays some emotional information (I recall one instance where he starts sobbing with the men remaining after the result of a bitter attack on the camp, which left almost everyone dead). Ultimately though I didn't get a lot out of this book.

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Who wrote this?

>>7833147
I did :)

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>>7833147
If you'd like any chapter from 1-4 just ask and I'll post em'.

>>7833039
depends how much a of a faggot you are

yes. check the mann thread(s) we've had recently

>>7833508
I'm a really big faggot, that's why I'm asking. Is the gayness in this book just some fruity metaphor for some bullshit or is it sexy hot times?

Calmly. He's much funnier than his fans portray him to be.

en espanol

Which book exactly?

She has dad face

>>7832931
But I don't remember cumming on your dad's face.

>>7832931
What's a dad face?

the turn of the screw

>>7834627
Don't know why but I could never get all the way through that.

OP you can try Edge of Running Water by William Sloane.
Haven't finished it yet, but always heard good things.
I think it's totally OOP but you can find an ebook somewhere.

What about shorter stories and novellas?
Are you into Lovecraft?
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The Exorcist and Legion by Blatty.

I don't care if you've seen the films. If read properly as mentioned here >>7834808

then they'll do.

It has no real merit except to make the reader feel bad for the author and the abuse he suffered if they can overlook the writing itself.

>>7832885
So...not worth my time?

>Written by a writer of self-help books.
>NY Times Bestseller
>Oprah Book Club pick
Do we have to do everything for you? If you could find it at a thrift store among the cookbooks and illiterate prayer books, then don't read it, you anus.

other than playing that chick with aids in that 90s movie did she ever do anything else worth a shit? that said i moved to new york right at the end of the 90s little did i know it would turn from cool shit like that to trustfund shopping mall

American Psycho, Last Days of Disco: both good movies.

>>7832743
i know a muslim chick who looks exactly like her and talks exactly like her, i'm like wtf this is weird, maybe since she looks the same she like copied all her mannerism or something, or else the muslim chick is like the descendant of some mamluke warrior taken from whatever country sevigny was from and they are genetically close or something

Try asking in scifantasy topic.

I read first three up to the point where he bought spear wielding nomads into the fray, then I lost interest. He talks and talks and talks and says nothing.

>>7832682
I actually met someone who had a tattoo of that thing. I joked that he was secretly a Lacanian and that was the Borromean Knot.

>>7833477
it's pretty much a borromean knot, but with an ouroboros on top.

wardine be cry as told by a negress

>>7832554

I haven't read Infinite Jest which /lit/ considers a godly work. Is this book (the color purple) supposed to be that good? Really, what am I missing?

>>7832547

Also, I get that the language used is supposed to make a statement on the illiteracy and lack of education but the deliberately bad prose wasn't very appealing to read.

Disappointment. And I'm Russian, so can't blame it on the translator

>>7832513
Then blame it on the fact that you're Russian. You people are retards.

>>7832833
Op here.Well I was reading it and it didnt impressed me on a huge level nor it did disimpressed me...The deep diving into Nehljudov's psychological thoughts and his change of character through the book is very interesting(at least for me) but the end was a little dissatisfying on the other side...