Look, can we just put this book to rest? Or ban discussion of it? Both sides of the discussion are blatantly wrong. What I see most often is people claiming it to be terrible. Look, it's obviously not terrible. It's a decent work by a decent writer, and it is a good representative of postmodernism. It's not great, but it's certainly not terrible either. On the other side we have people who claim it as one of the best books of all time, which is also blatantly false. Can't we put it to rest with that?
![franzen-crjpg-783babc177f95e89[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/dyARfU8.jpg "franzen-crjpg-783babc177f95e89[1]")
>good representative of postmodernism
>>7492893
"Why are there so many tired discussions of IJ?" he says, opening up the same tired discussion.
Well meme'd sir
Anyone down for a Quran read through?
IJ worked great during the summer but GR was a let down because so many people bailed when they failed to understand it. I'm fully serious in this. I believe a read through of the Quran might be the only threads free of people from imgur and reddit.
1. This book is shit if you don't read Arabic
2. This book is shit even if you do tead Arabic
3.
>I believe a read through of the Quran might be the only threads free of people from imgur and reddit.
Why would you believe this? Im sure reddit is filled with "Quran is a hidden gem" and "Quran has absolutely stunning poetry."
Do something pomo and accessible so everyone feels like they're smarter than they actually are--a Barthelme collection or something.
better learn to read squiggly lines, faggot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM7Z02wu6FQ
you are welcome my friend
>>7492914
this is all true
This is a new era. /his/ was nothing. Welcome to post-imgur frontpage /lit/, everyone.
I notice no difference desu
Maybe becausethe plebs on imgur already post here
what are you talking about?
i think this means we have to be more elitist / obscurantist / reactionary for a while to shake them
or
Books that gave you a Quality, Literary Kek
pic related, I had to stop reading this a few times because I couldn't help being overwhelmed by This Fucking Calvino
inb4 Infinite Memes, etc
You should read Baron in the Trees next.
>>7493106
t-thanks
>tfw /lit/ doesn't talk about /lit/
How good was it and what did you like about it OP? It's on my to-read list and I'm willing to get and read it next.
A monk on the street just gave me this book and told me it would help me find myself and also to watch out for the terrorists
What do
call your mum and tell her you love her
>>7492787
>expects us to believe him
>>7492804
I'm not even joking. There were three of them in the Hare Krishna garb and clay on their foreheads
To anyone currently avoiding Dostoevsky, let me just say I was afraid like you until recently. I told myself it would be an endless bullshit slog like Dickens.
In fact, no.
Reading Notes From Underground now and it's really surprisingly enjoyable and relatable. The themes are relevant to modern life, the style is pretty contemporary, the social situations are recognizable enough that I laugh and cringe and sympathize.
The only part that worried me was the beginning where the narrator rambles about philosophy. Don't worry, though, the rest of the book isn't like that. It's supposed to show you the narrator is sad and full of shit.
Definitely give it a try if you've been avoiding the russians- it's a quicker read than some modern writers.
Gr8 b8 m8
>>7492608
(I'm not OP)
This isn't bait you fucking reddit cuck.
>>7492608
>>7492619
Yeah, OP here I'm not baiting. I've been a reader most of my life but I always avoided the russians, I just had the idea that they were all boring 1000-page descriptions of rich people and table manners and I wouldn't get anything out of it (maybe this is true of Tolstoy? Dunno.) Anyway I gave Dostoevsky a try this week and Notes From Underground at least is really fun and easy.
I'm sure there are other people like me who enjoy /lit/ but somehow got the mistaken impression Dostoevsky would be boring. If you are one of them, give him a try. I was pleasantly surprised.
>smoke a FAT BLUNT
>put on a Neil Young record
>put on the Moby Dick audiobook
>lie in pitch dark visualizing the prose
How is this NOT the BEST possible way to enjoy literature?
>>>/reddit/
>>7492580
Quality shitpost my friend!
/sage
/thread
/fuck off frog poster
>>7492588
>shit post
I don't know where you thought I was being disingenuous, but let me assure you - I wasn't
submit your diary entry here:
HOLY FUCK I DON'T WANT TO FINISH THIS ESSAY
CAN I JUST CUT MY FACE OFF AND STAPLE IT TO THE LAST FIVE PAGES AND SUBMIT THAT
>>7492569
Pick a day (1-30) and a month.
I just finished Catch-22
It was pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good
Rate my poem, /lit/
>>7492374
poem? try last will and testament.
>>7492374
This is bait, right? It sounds like something a 50yo militaryfag on facebook would write.
it'd be pretty funny if it was written ironically, I guess. It seems like it's not though, so I guess it's just kind of said b8
Just seen robots talking about pic related.
Whats /lit/'s thoughts on this - anyone read it?
>entry level sci fi
Science Fiction is what you read when you can't read.
>>7492340
is that a meme?
people were saying it was 10/10
Yes I believe a number of people have read it.
So this was effectively a confession right?
This is why I'm sometimes afraid of putting out writing that has dweeby or morally corrupt characters.
>>7492469
that's fine, we don't need more pedophiles releasing their smut.
what is the general consensus (latin for agreement) about her?
Her are some assorted bits of her novel Selected Tweets
sext: hey baby wanna come over and be an emotional burden to me
i have a lot of fear-based sexual fantasies about santa claus
eating fruit by the foot in bed
someone buy this poor soul a big ass pizza i wanna make a mistake
>>7492203
meant to say "Here are"
"we put a couch on our porch so i sit here wrapped in blankets literally all day. the neighbors are afraid of me"
Mostly we don't like her (English for her).
i want to die doing what i love: sleeping
i saw the best minds of my generation have sex with delusional bros who think they are the best minds of their generation
left the party so i could get in bed and watch a dialogue-free movie about babies doing stuff
it's me, your friendly neighborhood sobbing in public girl
i wish voldemort was after me so i had a concrete reason to be in fear all the time
lol i collapsed at the airport. 103 fever. excited to be in a country where codiene is legal. don't worry mommy i am okay
I have been going through an existential crisis ever since I have started balding. What are some essential existentialcore?
Existentialism is for pussies. Read some Epicureanism.
Walden
>>7492038
Tied up and loving it
I've heard that 2015 is inherently, by nature, monumental year for social justice. Are there any books on this topic?
>>7491990
2015 is the year where Americans have seen the true colors of violent black people, and liberals defending their chimpanzee-like attitudes.
>>7491990
found the redditor
Aren't the Americans asleep yet? What's up with these shitposts?
Daily reminder that you cannot win in intellectual discourses with me because I am openly hypocritical.
>win in debates
This is so fucking true
What's so bad about hypocrisy anyway? 'Yeah, but you don't actually mean/do that' seems a pretty clear case of ad hominem to me. Shouldn't the status of the speaker be irrelevant?
