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>go go ivy league bookstore for the first time
>every shelf has 90% quality shit
>Dalkeys, New Directions, lesser known NYRBs

Why wasn't I told about this?
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>>7659128
>quality
>New directions, NYRBs
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>>7659134
???

are you just memeing? nyrb and, to a lesser extent, new directions publishes fantastic title that are on the obscure but nevertheless worthwhile/excellent side of the spectrum. definitely quality publishers.
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I didn't know Dalkey released an edition of Harry Potter.

Reading this right now, and yes its the first post modernist book I've read. I really don't understand the appeal of this style. I enjoyed the first few chapters (for lack of a better term), but now its just becoming random and incoherent.

I just read a chapter narrated by some illiterate (most likely southern?) reatard about her friend being raped by her step dad. Then there was a chapter about a guy marrying his high school sweetheart and moving into a trailer.

This all seems completely random all together. I'm just wondering; do we revisit any of these random side stories, such as the unnamed weed addict, medical attache, or the two stories I mentioned above? Does at least get tied together thematically, or am I wasting my time?
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>>7658941
It comes together and you'll eventually realize what these things have to do with one another if you remember them long enough, but if you're looking for some sort of big payoff, it never happens.
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you went into a thing having no foundation and now its like trying to do calculus with no basis in arithmetic, go figure
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>>7658960
That's not even a remotely accurate analogy

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how is it even possible to live when you're this fucking depressed
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>normalfags
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From what piece this cover originally emerged from?
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>>7657723
Lisboa, 1957, by Gerard Castello Lopes

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O Helenus, I need you now,
interpreter of dreams!
Help me, Cassandra,
help me read my dreams!
I saw a little doe, a dappled doe, torn from between my knees,
cruelly ripped away, mangled by a wolf with blood-red claw!
And then fresh terror rose:
I saw Achilles' ghost
stalk upon his tomb,
demanding a prize,
one of the wretched women of Troy.
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But now I die,
and you must see my death--
butchered like a calf,
like a wild mountain beast's young,
ripped from you arms,
throat cut, and sinking
downward into dark
with the unconsolable dead.
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For the last, last time
I look upon this gleaming circle of the sun
and speak the last words I shall ever say.
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O wind of ocean,
wind that blows on the sea
and drives the scudding ships,
where are you blowing me?
Where shall I be slave?
Where is there home for me?
There in distant Doris,
or in Phthia far away
where men say Apidanus runs,
father of waters, river whose lovely flowing
fattens the fields?

Or there in the islands?
The salt sea churning, borne on by oars,
to days of mourning in the house,
there with the primal palm
and the bay broke out their leaves
for lovely Leto
in honor of her son?
There shall I sing with the maidens of Delos,
praising Artemis'
bow and fillets of gold?

Does anyone else feel overwhelmed by the amount of choices in things we can consume? Literature, film, music, games, etc. How the fuck do you just tune everything out and focus?
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Focus on what exactly?
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>>7656263
Genuine question: how old are you?
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Yes
Write down a goal
See scooby's video on goals

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Can we all agree that Hop on Pop is the best Seuss book?
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>>7654924
I've never read Seuss. We don't usually read him here in my country. What happens if I read his works at age 25?
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>>7654924
dude what? no. go dog go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxny1aa2OTM
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>>7654937
Nothing. You'll have no nostalgic connection with his work.

They're excellent children's books for many ages, and you might take some enjoyment from the simple, profound lessons his more mature books teach. Nothing life-changing, just a brief, cozy immersion in the simple comfort his prose creates, and the imagery which accompanies it.

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Was François right to embrace the new Islamic order?
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He was right to wake up and redpill some cucks.
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>>7652654
Islam is the ultimate redpill
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It made as much sense as Huysmans becoming a Catholic. Houellebecq pretty much constructs logical arguments in each of the books he writes, each of which is embellished with some depressing Case Study in the form of a depressed character who sort of resembles himself. I like his books very much and consider him the greatest living writer.

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Is this book /lit/ approved?
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>>7645063
No, it's Harry Potter- tier
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>>7645071
Pls. Comparing this gem to Harry Pooter is just laughable.
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>>7645063
The fact that they actually chose comic sans as the only font is a pretty good warning in itself

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Palestine and Israel had Jesus and Zarathustra

Nepal had Gautama Buddha

Germany and England had Shakespeare and Schopenhauer.

Am I missing anything?
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Yes, sense.
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>>7659856
How do you mean?
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>>7659860
There's no obvious link between those groups of names and places. What exactly is this thread about?

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I was considering getting several of them. I don't know, though.

Rabbit is Rich - John Updike
Rabbit at Rest - John Updike
Binocular Vision - Edith Pearlman
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
The Fugitives - Panos Karnesiz
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan


I'm not keen on John Updike, but I thought I might give him a third chance. Pearlman is pretty good, and Karnesiz is great, but hit and miss. Some of those books are famous, some obscure. What do you think of them?
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No opinions on someone like Updike? Or Donna Tartt? Seriously?
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I never understood why the first Rabbit book is considered so good. I thought it was weak.
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>>7659829
The Gold Finch I heard of on the classical radio station in my area, the DJ said that was her favorite book of the year or something. So I've been meaning to check it out.

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What's the best translation of Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities"?

If I'm going to read a 1,000 page book I want to make sure I'm not getting cucked by a poor translation.

Options:

Picador: three volumes edition
Vintage: two volumes
Picador: one volume edition
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>>7659543
You sound too stupid to understand Musil, faggot. Stick with the meme trilogy because that's all you've probably read.
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>>7659550
Thanks.
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there's two translations afaik. gass didn't like the older one, wilkins/kaiser, but the older one has better prose. probably jealous that it's better than his crap.

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I am going to write a screenplay. Does anyone here have experience with Final Draft? Is there an alternative I should look into?
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WriterDuet is free and great. FD is the "industry standard" but many people hate it. Fade In is better and cheaper too.
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>>7659546
thanks brotha
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>>7659503
ed is the standard editor

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It's funny, but it seems each time I read James Joyce's “Ulysses”, it's a different book, begging the question: Has the book changed… or have I?
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you changed, obviously.
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I've been sneaking into your bedroom and cutting out and pasting little changes, small but crucial

Glad you're starting to notice
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>>7659472
What do you think, genius? Surprised you even read it with this question.

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Proof read/thoughts?

http://pastebin.com/SNrW8PU6
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its good, write more, get even better. Anonymous boards aren't a place for decent critique.
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>>7659363
>its good
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It's a'ight.

If you're writing this for some sort of assignment you should be just fine, but if you're taking this seriously, I guess all I can say is keep writing.

There were a few points where i thought your sentence structure was strange. How you set up your compound sentences for the most part worked well, but in a few points it felt like you were putting too much into one sentence, and your long dependent clauses seemed to contain more important information that the sentence's base.

I'm kind of peculiar about sentence structure and specific words, however, so you can take that with a grain of salt.

Just keep writing. Try different things, different tones, etc,

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Does anyone have any insight into the works of Leigh Hunt? Would like to get a copy of his collected works/a selection, and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations/any other info on Hunt.

Same Q with Ezra Pound, in particular to companion/"annotation" books.
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literally google "companion ezra pound" and you'll find a bunch to cantos and his work in general.
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>>7659299
i know im asking which are good/bad/first hand experiences
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Leigh + Johnny forever

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