This was good, boys.
>>7819643
Is it as self-pitying as Stoner? I liked Stoner but I don't think I would want to read another novel like it.
>This was good, boys.
time to get drunk n stoned boys
>>7819661
do people really find stoner depressing?
normies, man.
>>7819672
If you didn't find Stoner depressing your life must be fucking terrible by comparison.
>>7819661
I don't think so, BC is much less introspective in style.
>>7819661
I've only read Stoner, but in the nyrb introduction the author states that all 3 books could be the works of 3 different authors. So I doubt they have much similarity to Stoner.
Regardless, if you think Stoner was self-pitying you're a moron.
>>7819672
I feel like it's one of those books that either resonates with you or doesn't, and if it doesn't it's pretty meh. I loved it though.
>>7819729
The character wasn't self-pitying. The book was.
This scene was so wonderfully 4chan.
>>7819784
what the hell is this?
>>7819668
Get fucked up and read, get two birds stoned at the same time
>>7819679
>not being depressed reading about a fictitious man whose life didn't go to plan but had moments of real joy at certain points must mean a person's life is shit
Just what mental gymnastics did you carry out to reach that conclusion?
Are you confusing saddening with depressing?
I took away from it a newfound empathy for lecturers and it served as a gentle reminder that life is meaningful.
>>7820684
>it served as a gentle reminder that life is meaningful
That's interesting, Butcher's Crossing does more or less the opposite.
http://youtu.be/KuW87_b9OoU
>>7819732
The book pitied itself?
Williams is all about external forces that you can't control. I don't think it's a plea for pity, but rather a commentary on how people, despite acting rightly, can be forced into situations that compromise their values. You see it in Augustus, you see it in Stoner, and I assume you see it in Butcher's Crossing.
>>7820630
>what the hell is this?
Purple prose
>>7822693
Could not be any clearer that you haven't read the novel.
>>7822166
She looks very awkward and uncomfortable
