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Looking for similar books to "The Name of the Wind," which I originally found from reading "The Black Prism." These two series have quickly become one of my favorite series!
Any suggestions?
>>8259383
>>8259400
From the description it sounds like a book kind of similar to the "Youth in Revolt" series, which I enjoyed, but I'm looking for more adult fantasy books similar to these..
Hi /lit/. I feel that, as a result of spending so much of my time studying literature, art, and the humanities, I've begun to cultivate a fair amount of knowledge and insight. This isn't something I want to continue wasting on shitposts and the occasional irl conversation with a friend or relative. I want to use it towards something I can be proud of, which perhaps also offers livable wages.
So where do you work, /lit/? Do you find it intellectually satisfying? Is there a line of work you wish you were involved with instead?
movin' up in the world ey?
>>8259328
Actor, it's awesome, bunch of time for /lit/ and parties.
I worked in technology as a support rep - got fired and hated it. now back to being a bum and reading all the time. Might move to a third world country for a few months to write
Was Cormac MCCarthy intentionally alluding to the strange paleness of Moby Dick when he describes The Judge in a similar fashion?
>IMO it was purposeful to show that The Judge is a similar force of nature to the Whale
I think he was alluding to The Judge being a man child, and the raw power that man children possess
>>8259301
That's what I thought when I read it too because I know Moby-Dick influenced BM. I didn't look too far into it though.
>>8259301
http://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-291/lecture-17
He doesnt do anything that overt.
Hey /lit/ my Great Grandfather was a history professor and now I've got this set of books. Would I be considered well read if I read everything on this list?
fucking lucker
>>8259247
>54. Freud
Burn it.
>>8259279
The whole set or just Freud? I'll I remember about him from highschool was that he talked about dicks a lot.
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What can you do if you find some pieces of literature boring? For example, works of Shakespeare are just plain dullness to me even though I know how genial and important they are. How can trick myself into appreciating such literature?
>even though I know how genial and important they are.
i doubt it
>>8259202
>works of Shakespeare are just plain dullness
hahah
holy shit
How the fuck
>>8259202
>works of Shakespeare are just plain dullness to me
I really wish that you could see the demographics and average user use/length of use.
Is there an anthology book full of classic stories like rime of the ancient mariner?
I've seen Coleridge's classic in an Anthology of Classic English Poetry, which is probably the best purchase you'll make in your worthless life.
Well, 2nd best. Get Moby Dick if you want something like Coleridge in novel form, in fact there's a lengthy passage discussing key elements of the poem and the mystical nature of antarctic albatrosses. It's certainly a contender for the best novel ever written.
>>8259161
There are anthologies with rime of the ancient mariner
>>8259291
>an Anthology of Classic English Poetry,
which one?
>book calls you an idiot
It must be a nice feel, that something knows you so well.
>idiot calls you a book
>book raises an objection you were thinking of
Save for your homeland, in which country's literary tradition are you most well versed?
Was it a conscious decision or is it just where reading lead you?
>>8258855
Is that a Ween reference?
>>8258855
Definitely Germany, even more so than my homeland.I'm Swiss.
>>8258891
Apparently
Who are his influences?
Doesn't he list every single one in every story he writes?
http://www.openculture.com/2015/03/jorge-luis-borges-personal-library.html
Doesn't include several big influences like Dante
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put beside his part,
That henchy blunt rolled with too thick a page,
Whose white smoke chokes lungs and weakens the heart
Me! I say valiantly, when it’s asked
Who can handle this beast without splutter?
My lungs are a castle, they’re strong, hold fast
Toke deeply, and then squeak: “smooth as butter”
And then, for fear of looking lame, hold back
That fugitive itch nesting in my throat
But I am o’erwhelmed, saliva stacks
I tense as cough escapes my bodies moat
As they say,...
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>>8258645
>thou self
2/10
Mine hand hath played the skinner and hath won,
Thy beauty's form upon the table rests
Frail shell holds power, to make men undone
In ways more subtle than a supple breast
The clock chimes thrice and once more; twenty past
A smile forms in the corners of mine lips
But joy doth ebb as I look round, aghast
For that bright spark which from mine sight hath slipped
I search every corner of my abode
To no avail! I feel my fate seal
And prepare myself for the long, hard road
Of a night deprived of all that's surreal
Woe floods me, my vision almost a blur
Then an idea! I'll just use the toaster
>>8258649
check yo'self before you wreck yo'self
What is your favorite conversation in literature?
>>8258644
In Büchner's Lenz, where they talk about art.
The chapter preceding your picture there, probably. Aside from that, maybe Sancho's governing of the "island".
>>8258644
Hal and Mario, when Mario asks him whether he's awake.
none, start lifting.
>>8258583
This particular reply
>>8258583
I already do.
Describe your current emotional state using fancy words.
Perfume of embraces all me assail. With hungered flesh obscurely, I mutely crave to adore.
Grasping the necessity of certain narrative techniques that I may have avoided due to my current aesthetic inclinations.
Trilogical claritone.
What other books can you get for extremely cheap on amazon? I got
dead souls (3.50 with free shipping),
dubliners (this was literally a dollar with free shipping),
heart of darkness (2.50 with free shipping),
the last days of socrates (3.75 with free shipping)
A lot of other books were below 5 dollars, like steppenwolf, crime and punishment, dracula. You can also get norton anthologies for extremely cheap. The hard cover anthology of poetry for around 1 cent plus 4 dollars shipping. You can get a lot of really extremely cheap deals on used books, if they're...
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I just remembered, you can also get Nietzsche's "the birth of tragedy" for 1 dollar with free shipping.
IN the UK the cunts at Amazon charge £2.80 shipping on fucking everything, even if you have Prime and it's shipping from the UK
libgen
Bookz
there's hope guys.
there was hope*
>>8258462
Is that Welbeck looking like a human being again?
>“The poster for the exhibition, with a photo of Clément (the corgi), is a call to confronting eternity fearlessly, with the certitude that death is an illusion. This is an idea I’ve never completely abandoned.”
