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/lit/, I'm trying to get my Dad into reading. He's
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2016-04-28 22:35:55 Post No. 7976560
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/lit/, I'm trying to get my Dad into reading. He's STEM fag (paying for my college education) but wants to get a better understanding of literature. Problem is, he has nowhere to start. He picked up an old copy of 'Tale of Two Cities' I had lying around and read it because he thought that's what smart people would read. He bailed out ten pages in.

What are some good, entry-level books that have understandable prose for beginners, but have enough substance in ideas that they could be considered at least kinda /lit/?

I recommended some Roth and Irving because he has an interest in 60's-70's history.
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Anonymous 2016-04-28 22:37:28 Post No.7976565
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Start with high-school core and then see what more classic stuff interests him.
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Anonymous 2016-04-28 22:42:22 Post No.7976584
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Anonymous 2016-04-28 22:44:14 Post No.7976593
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For whom the bell tolls
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Anonymous 2016-04-28 22:46:16 Post No.7976602
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Has he read 1984 or Catch-22 yet? That's usually entry level for plebdad-tier fiction.
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Anonymous 2016-04-28 23:03:05 Post No.7976673
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Kafka's short stories my bru. They're so fucking short if he reads 10 pages he'll have read 15 of them. And they have this dimension to them that makes people think "oh, literature isn't just boring as fuck drivel"
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Anonymous 2016-04-28 23:10:19 Post No.7976695
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If he's serious about getting "a better understanding of literature," tell him it's not going to be easy. He'll have to work on it.

Also, read the sticky, family.
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