what are your top 10 favorite books?
I haven't read many but
1. Cannery Row
2. East of Eden
3. Meditations Aurelius
4. The Things They Carried
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. For Whom The Bell Tolls
7. Tom Sawyer
8. Into Thin Air
9. The Sirens Of Titan
10. Island by Huxley
I won't rank them but I can sure name some for you
Candide by Voltaire
Lost Illusions by Balzac
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Down and Out in Paris and London by Orwell
On the Road (original scroll text) / Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
Everybody's Autobiography by Gertrude Stein
One Hundred Years of Solitude by GGM
Travels with Charley by Steinbeck
Lit by Mary Karr
>>7495131
may this imgur invasion you speak of really be the new sincerity?
Do we know how they acted? Did they act as naturally as possible? (what we consider modern acting), was it chanted? ritualistic? did they memorize all their lines? were there stage props? anyone knowledgeable on this subject?
oh shit a pleb who didn't read nietzsche, the imgur invasion is real
i actually do know about this, only about greek drama.
>Do we know how they acted? Did they act as naturally as possible?
No, they didn't, they had to project their voice quite a lot more than current actors do.
>was it chanted?
No, but some parts were sung. If you read them in greek it might sound more 'chanty' than verse in modern languages but afawk it wasn't chanted.
>ritualistic
wtf no. It was a civil occasion, the whole city paid for it and the males and some women came to watch. It was a very social event.
>did they memorize all their lines? were there stage props?
Yes and yes.
>>7500772
fuck off shitposter
What's your favourite book?
For me it's The Bane Chronicles.
Yes... For you.
>>7500670
I find the Bane Chronicles rather shallow and pedantic.
Is this Holocaust denier worth reading?
I watched The Great Beauty which opened with a quote of his.
Every Holocaust denier is worth reading, just like Hugh Trevor-Roper and A.J P. Taylor is worth reading.
>>7500355
Absolutely.
This book is incredible. Everyone on this board says that it's nihilistic or depressing, but they'd say the same about any author if they were actually to read.
The best way to describe the book is to look at the cover and say what you think of it. Here's my best shot, "What the hell is that it's some kind of depressing thing. What as if the world isn't depressing enough we need another reminder? Fuck off."
>>7500389
>but they'd say the same about any author if they were actually to read.
Very few writers actually manage to write anything that is nihilistic or depressing without sounding like a childish teenager though, so I don't think that's true.
How does one come to terms with the existential realization that in the grand scheme of the universe and time we are nothing but a mere blip in time; existing for a brief period and then die leaving little to no influence on anything at all.
Should we laugh at our brevity? Should it humble us? What does it do to you?
Ecclesiastes 1:
1 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
3 What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
5 The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,
6 Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.
8 All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.
9 What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.
10 Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.
Maybe you should stop being a bitch
>>7500133
Do you want to influence empty space or the far reaches of time? Why?
What is some good fascist fiction? Not just talking about books writen by fascists.
The Doctrine of Fascism - Gentile
Pro-tip: Mishima wasn't a fascist
>>7500265
I've read that. Thanks but I'm more looking for fiction.
>>7500095
Fatherland
How did he know terrorists would destroy the WTC buildings? Does he understand America better than anyone?
>>7500002
"Players" especially.Holy fuck. Published in 77, I think. Very fucking weird to read after 9/11.
Plus some parts of "Mao II" and "Underworld."
pynchon probably told him
>>7500348
except delillo has surpassed pynchon
I just don't see the point in being so concerned about what translation you'll get. There's no way a translator will fully render the context of the original writing, so why even bother? If you want to understand the book fully, you must speak the original language, which is impossible to achieve if you want to be an all around erudite and reader.
>No food will ever be the perfect food so I might as well eat handfuls of horse shit
Translations can be their own unique work of art.
>>7499891
On the contrary, to be an "all around erudite and reader" you HAVE to know a few languages. You might not be able to read every great book ever made in its original language, but if you just read everything in English you're missing out on a good chunk of what literature can provide
I don't get it.
>>7499734
what's there to get?
>>7499750
not much tbqf.
>>7499734
If anything, it's heavyhanded.
Reading words that you don't know.
>ignore then and try to grasp the context
>stop and look up each and every one
>only look up the ones that interest you
Which is it, /lit/?
>>7499732
Depends on how much I care about the book.
I'm currently looking up every single one as well as writing them down in a notebook to improve my English vocabulary. It really helps but stops any kind of progress with my reading list.fucking clover app
>try to guess from context/etymology, sometimes it's surprisingly simple
>if can't, look it up on wiktionary with etymology
>understand constituent/root words (e.g. latin)
>helps to memorise the word by adding more detail about it in your mind ("adumbrate --> ad umbra --> fore-shadow --> imply, portend," instead of just "adumbrate means portend!!")
What are some good, modern, dystopian novels?
>>7499654
Why? That genre has been done to death and ran in to the ground. Read something else.
>>7499655
I didn't really started to get into it till recently. Read 1984, brave new world and now I, robot. And it gets really annoying to read the wrong views about the future. I thought maybe there is some modern novel out there that I would actually fully enjoy.
Hunger Games
Will I enjoy these books if I've become really paranoid and frustrated about the whole 9/11 was an inside job, corporations control the world, new world order is soon upon us thing?
You should read them anyway. But yes, you should be able to enjoy them. They're very funny.
>>7499354
>whole 9/11 was an inside job, corporations control the world, new world order is soon upon us thing
babby's first conspiracies
bin laden didn;t blow up the projects
it was u nigga
tell the truth nigga
I've decided it is okay for me to abuse and take advantage of people to ensure my own standard of living remains decent. What are some books that will teach me methods of deception?
Eh. You're born intelligent or you aren't.
Sounds like you're fucked
The Torah
you are just a pawn
Hey /lit/ what translation of brothers karamazov should I get?
Also questions that don't deserve their own thread thead
Just get fucking Garnett, you aren't special
>>7499033
Russian.
I'd suggest looking at the beginning of each online and seeing which style you prefer.
I personally really like P&V, it's a big plus that the wife translates Russian Orthodox theology books professionally, and the husband is a professional prose stylist.
Where did logical positivism go wrong?
everywhere
Where did it go right?
>>7498755
logical positivism, much like marxism, is a jewish mindtrap matrix system. it is wrong by design, it was created to distract you and make you serve the interests of a shady cabal.
