How did this novel make you feel /lit/?
>>7577163
Pubis.
>>7577163
make me wet my g-string.
>>7577163
is good
First time visiting /lit/. What do you guys think about Charles Bukowski? Reading some of his work currently and is pre gud
>>7576909
Sucks.
you'll get assripped for liking him
i think he's an okay entry level guy. don't sweat /lit/'s opinion on him.
>>7576909
I'm about 3/4 of the way through and I don't know what the fuck this even is
>>7576788
Is shit son, SHIT.
>>7576788
A lot of lies mostly
so it goes
>Old lady at work who sits in lunchroom with some shitty paperback
>You sit down to eat and read as well
>One minute passes
>Say anon, did I tell you about my daughter's track competition?
>Nod and "mm-hmm" until she goes back to her book.
>Two minutes pass
>Hey anon
Seriously, how the fuck do people read so passively? Are they even fucking reading? How can you get immersed in a story if you're stopping to talk at people every fucking minute?
I was hoping I'd be able to eat at the office today. I brought something to microwave. But that lady, she is here. I can't keep fucking blowing money going out to eat fast-food shit.
As a NEET I don't really relate to this thread.
Saged, Hidden.
>>7576588
World's most trivial problem
>>7576588
fuck women plebs, man!!
theyre intellectually inferior to a towering mind like yours.
I can imagine your reaction: "FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
epic
>>>/reddit/
This board is for literature, not your autism
What are the characteristics of a Southern Gothic novel? How to write one?
>>7576451
The Grotesque
>belief in archetype as something that actually exists, rather than a construction by pseuds
>>7576472
If something has been said or written, in a sense, it already exists
I want to look into Yukio Mishima, where to start /lit/ ?
He's dead, but read Confessions of a Mask
same place you would with any other author
in chronological order you pleb
>>7576363
You should begin with Confessions of a Mask, move to Golden Pavilion and Sailor Who Fell From Grace, and end with Patriotism, Sun and Steel and the Tetrology, in that order. His biography, The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima is a really, really good book, and you can see that far from being an ultranationalist, he was really just sort of a brilliant autist with a fixation on death.
Is this a decent reading order for the Greeks? Excuse the shitty spelling and formatting. I tried to logically combine the three different Greek reading orders I see bandied around on /lit/.
I'm fine with reading loads, just want to make sure it's in a logical progression.
The * means "not strictly essential"
what's all this secondary material trash read originals first
read the illiad and the odyssey first, then drama/plato/presocratics, then whatever random bullshit you want
>>7576307
I want a good background and frame for everything.
>>7576314
even then don't start with mythology
at most read the ancient greece cultural history. the odyssey and the illiad. don't bog yourself down in secondary material tbqh, it won't help much once you get a good grasp on athenian culture.
Is this book hard to read? I'm pretty entry-level but I really wanna read this.
>>7576191
What are some other things you've read? Any other Russian lit, for example?
>>7576199
Like I said, I'm pretty entry-level. I have barely read in the last years, but I want to get into literature. I haven't read any other Russian lit, yet.
yeah read it. its basic
What are sum boeks that have not translated to English.
>>7575996
PS if you post Zettels Traum I call you nazi. kiss
my diary
Anon's diary
That's about it
>>7576000
Was gonna post that lol
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>>7575810
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>>7576217
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Could you recommend some books in which the protagonist lives a lonely life and dies alone?
>>7575753
Chandlers Philip Marlowe is quite the lone wolf but those are detective novels, not sure if that's what you`re looking for. Also I don't want to spoil if he dies or not.
Crime and punishment deals with depression and the feeling of loneliness. You should give it a try.
White (k)nights, by Dost is what you are looking for, opie
Why are old philosophical books (eg: the greeks) so dry? it feels like the author is just monotonously reciting his ideas without any passion or a theme that gets you interested in it, compared to some modern literature let's say.
>>7575630
different times. Back then it was already breathtaking to read anything actually written down at all. There were only a few books, so you had much more time to read them.
Plato certainly isn't dry
What is left of Aristotle is his lecture notes
>>7575636
What's your source for your claim? About Greeks being amazed by being able to read books?
>>7575639
>Plato certainly isn't dry
I've found that the socratic method gets old very fast.
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What did this part mean? Am we supposed to know?
>The way it ended with Gertrude Stein was strange enough. We had become very good friends [...]
>It was before noon but the maidservant poured me a glass of eau-de-vie, put it in my hand and winked happily. The colorless alcohol felt good on my tongue and it was still in my mouth when I heard someone speaking to Miss Stein as I had never heard one person speak to another; never, anywhere, ever.
>Then Miss Stein's voice came pleading and begging, saying, 'Don't, pussy. Don't. Don't, please don't. I'll do anything, pussy, but please don't do it. Please don't. Please don't, pussy.'
>I swallowed the drink and put the glass down on the table and started for the door
>>7575562
It makes sense that Stein was so arrogant and smug in public, she liked to play the subservient bottom dyke behind closed doors.
>>7575562
It means Hem admired and valued Gertrude Stein's friendship and mentorship until he saw the lesbo side of her life.
What's the general opinion on this guy in /lit/? I use to see his shit in charts but he's never discussed.
>>7575503
>but he's never discussed.
He is the best writer of that generation. Absalom, Absalom is amazing, and his prose is incredibly difficult but rewarding. He is influential, most of /lit/'s favorite authors owe him at least some literary debt. Suttree for example is very "Faulknerian".
Beyond that, almost all of his work is worth reading.
>>7575503
People haven't read him.
Chee twitched in her nest, asleep. The leaves around her were trampled down, forming a thick and warm ground covering. Above her, the moss covered roots of her tree formed a pocket into the earth. The sun was rising, warming the ground and waking the song birds. The infinite forest began to stir with their sound, and the movement of small animals scurrying up and down the tree. Chee opened her eyes, and peeked out of her nest hole. She saw the understory of the forest, a story she knew well. The ferns were unfolding, the moss was moist from the dew in the night, and the brush of fallen needles littered the ground.
The dried, hollow gourd that Chee kept water in was nearly empty. She put it up to her lips to let the last few drops reluctantly trickle into her mouth. Not yet ready to leave her nest, she started digging around in the leaf cover. Soon she uncovered a stash of large seeds that had fallen from nearby trees. She put one into her mouth, then covered the stash up again with some of her sleeping leaves. The seed was hard and bitter on the outside, Chee had to soften it with her saliva for a while, before she locked it between her back teeth and bit down. Once cracked open, soft wet pod inside slipped out into her mouth. Moving the shell aside into her cheek, she delicately sucked the seed pod. The flavor was subtle and earthy. She then chewed up the seed pod, and swallowed the mascerated treat with one large gulp.
Chee picked up her gourd, and carefully crawled out of the nest hole. She made her way along the path she shared with elk. The ground was trampled grass, soft and wet and cool on her bare feet. The errant branches sticking out into the path, Chee carefully moved aside. Soon the sound of running water was audible. As the path rounded a sharp corner, the river came into view. At the point Chee stood, the river was slow and fat and wide. A little ways down, it got narrow and rocky, the water fighting its way down.
Continued.
you did it. you beat literature... beat her to a stinkin fuckin pulp. aya!!!!!!
Chee approached the edge of the river. Her feet sank into the mud of the bank, sliding up between her toes. Beyond the mud were rocks halfway above the surface. Carefully stepping onto them, she balanced her self and stepped towards the middle of the river. Here the water flowed quickly and was clear and cool. She crouched down, then lowered her gourd, letting the water flow into it. She lifted the gourd and poured the water into her mouth, letting it flow down her cheeks, neck, and breast. Again she dunked her gourd, letting it fill up. After a few more sips, she noticed a twinge. Relaxing, she let herself make water, freely flowing into the river and being carried away.
Standing up, she wobbled back over the rocks and took a leap that sailed her over the mud of the bank. Back on her trail, she casually walked along, looking around for anything edible. Hidden behind a tree, Chee spotted a number of small green sprouts sticking out of the earth. Kneeling down, she carefully pulled one by its base. Out of the ground came a thick, brown tuber. Chee began to eat. When the taste of the dirt passed, the tuber itself left a hearty, satisfying taste in her mouth.
You're gonna have to do better than *that* if you want to EARN mommy's love!!!!
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