Give me one good reason apart from reading it just because /lit recommends it.
What does somebody get out from reading Oddyssey or Iliad?
Enjoyment.
Because it's good.
>>7564214
culture
Brought into this meme, what am i in for?
a bunch of made up words about sand people. its pretty cool though
>>7564085
apt
Great book. Sand Jihad action. Ends to quickly.
Read this book!
No, really, read it!
>>7563990
but non fiction is boooring!
Will I be able to meme about it on /lit/? Otherwise I don't see how it has any value.
Some of /lit/ are, or want to be writers.
Do you have literary paragons?
Post three of your ideals. Feel free to comment, recommend or shitpost.
My paragons are
>Joseph Roth
>Yukio Mishima
>Friedrich Nietzsche
>Do you have literary paragons?
nabokov
pushkin
joyce
>>7563916
>shitpost.
>Hermann Hesse
>Stefan Zweig
>Paul Auster
>he only reads books that other people recommend
>he only reads books that /lit recommends
>he doesn't acknowledge his own taste but reads in order to be "well-read"
>he thinks that being literary makes life more romantic
>he only reads 800+ page maximalist novels
>the opposite of everything OP said
>disgusted reaction imagine face.jpg
etc.
>>7563899
>>he only reads 800+ page maximalist novels
How many of those even exist? I can't imagine there being that many of them unless you lump in scifi/fantasy garbage that's "maximalist" by virtue of taking thousands of pages to tell a story in.
>>7563899
>he can only post on /lit/ by shitposting
>he will get banned
ITT: literature's greatest autists
>>7563813
You're a fucking idiot.
Kill yourself
I was considering picking up this book, how is it?
Stephen Dedalus
>>7563815
pls stop bullying
Is bukowski overrated?
>>7563710
Sure, I do not understand why we must rate him. He is an accomplished and good writer. I had read his works in order as intended (Ham on Rye > Post Office > Women) and they were all entertaining (barring Women which got tedious reading about how he fucks a different woman every 5 pages) but I would not consider him a literary genius-- just someone who knew how to write well and originally.
>>7563721
Women is the only only novel of his that I have not read. I ask because I was basically in love with him from 15-18, but I recently re-read post office and it didn't capture my attention like it has before. Sometimes it seems like he's being vulgar just for vulgarity's sake.
>>7563710
His poetry is wonderful, it's almost not worth discussing as you'd be just: wrong, if you have a differing opinion.
>reads Lacan once
>reads Zizek once
>reads Hegel once
>reads Ligotti once
How do you feel about eternal return?
A load of bull.
Explain further.
>>7563503
What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.' - The Gay Science
Any good books about lawyers?
manhattan transfer by dos passos
only partially about lawyers
>>7563404
never read him, will try it out
To Kill A Mockingbird
NO SPOILERS
Im 5.7% in, the russians just came up with their "viramins"
Is this thing worth the entire read? Im aware of the third act time shift.
But is is pretty good?
main character dies halfway in
sry
>>7563375
ok thx im leaving this place
reddit is def better
cya
Yes, I know most of you already feel the rising cry of "BAIT" in your lungs, but please, put it aside for a moment.
I didn't have a lot of luck finding feminist fiction taking place after a realized so-called 'feminist revolution' written by an actual feminist, that is, not a satire. More an utopia after feminism 'won', if you will.
I would be particularly interested in one that doesn't deal in separatism and delves a bit on female-male relations, governance, child-rearing, possible problems (some kind of self-criticism), etc. Big bonus points if it's actually enjoyable to read.
Ursula le Guin wrote some utopian feminist scifi series about everyone being a fucking pussy or something
Hainish Cycle
Be prepared to grow tits after you read it, to which Mme. Ursula would have diddled her hyena clit furiously
>>7563069
This will be my first time fapping to a picture of a statue. Wish me luck, anons.
>>7563069
The feminists couldn't write that because their goals are contradictory and wouldn't produce a utopia.
For an actual utopia where men and women are equals, Island. If you like meme books more, then Brave New World.
I am very sensitive, and i get angry/anxious toward peoples very easily then i close myself from world. What are some books that will help me become fearless and secure around normies?
Benzo + beta blocker + amphetamine
>>7563039
Idk, i like drugs more in way of disociants, or something like that, feeling good relaxed and exploring mind at night. Idea of stimulants seems annoying for me
Clockwork Orange, Stoner, Siddartha, The Fall, Flowers for Algernon
ITT: We post the magnum opus of an author
>>7562934
L oving
E very
L augh
>>7563018
I've recently got back into reading and I've just finished Grapes. Any Authors similar to Steinbeck?
>He's only read Swann's Way out of In Search for Lost Time
>He's only read The Inferno out of The Divine Comedy
>He's read Lolita but not Pale Fire or Ada
>He's read the Stranger but not The Rebel or The Plague
>He skips the whaling chapters in Moby-Dick
>He skips the digressive tales in Don Quixote
>He barely reads poetry and literary criticism
>He barely knows philosophy outside of The Greeks
>He rattles on about "good prose" but can't tell you anything about a story's character development or themes
>he think ada or the rebel are good
ada is cringecity: population tryhards
pale fire and lolita are great but that's about it for ''great" in nabby's oeuvre.
the rebel is straight up trash.
>He's only read The Inferno out of The Divine Comedy
people do this??
>>7562695
can you explain what makes them bad or cringey
> story's character development or themes
Any articles/essays/books/tips on how to develop understanding and appreciation for these things? Or is it just something you pick up the more you read?
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