Looking for the best of flash fiction and micro fiction.
>>7419412
Shoe: not worn: Wardine be cry.
>>7419415
dank memes
>>7419412
What chile?! Deres a monstag under my bed—Montag looks under bed—deres someone in my bed—mfw
/lit/ was is your favorite aesthetically pleasing book that you have? My mom got me this Alice in wonderland book a few years ago and it's just so visually stimulating to me, it's so beautiful
I have one like that, op
>>7419406
damn that looks juicy
ITT:
Books to help you of of mind-numbing depression and soul-crushing apathy.
Will pic related help?
>>7419353
Probably not, at most a temporary elevation, hit drugs if you want results.
>>7419368
which ones my man?
I want something I can do frequently and still be semi-functional
Hello /lit/ I need your help. I have to read and compare two books and write a 4-6 page essay on them for an English class. My friend recommended The Stranger by Alfred Camus.
Is this a good idea?
What book should I compare it to?
I was thinking of either Kafka, The Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon or Samuel Beckett, is that a good way to go?
If not what books would you recommend?
Would all these books go over my head?
Thanks a lot, and also, it's my first time here be nice to me.
>>7419312
Compare it to The Trial
Literally the easiest thing ever
>>7419312
If you want to go insane difficulty, read The Recognitions and Infinite Jest and compare their statements about society.
>>7419328
the guy is obviously in highschool
give him go set a watchman and to kill a mockingbird
or the wind up bird chronicle and anything else that hack wrote
it's highschool, the teachersa don't even read what they hand in
thoughts?
bad
>>7419303
It's sitting in my bookshelf
Is it any good?
best fiction books on sadness/depression
Feeling Good by Beck. :DDDDD
>>7419301
Fuck off
>>7419301
Suicide, Louvé
Are spooks the same thing as fixed ideas?
>>7419296
Spooks are anything and everything that has ever thought to exist besides pure self-interest.
Not really. Spooks are undead entities that go on living beyond life and living things.
>>7419296
yes. But not all fixed ideas are spooky
Scruton says that he confessed to him about lusting after a member of the female sex. Scruton was a conservative, and Foucault was an absolute madman, so it's possible he was trying to slander him for philosophical purposes. But at the same time, lust for females is a reoccurring subject in Foucault''s work, and we're all probably familiar with the infamous chapter in "Ars Erotica".
One account of this is mentioned in one of Foucault's biographies. If I recall correctly, so the story goes, there was a buxom female Maoist (I believe D cup or somewhere in that size range) who was being sexually frustrated by her husband or lover, and Foucault wrote an article on her behalf that led to the girl being satisfied. Some time afterward, he saw her at a riot and told her she should liberate herself from monogamy, and well, you can guess the rest. Later, he calls on Scruton, who I believe was a bitter enemy of his at the time, to come to his house and he confesses all this to him. Scruton was disgusted, and when Foucault saw the look on his face, he said something like "you cannot possibly be attracted to me less than I am attracted to men!" From what I remember, the biographer seemed to believe this confession took place but thought Foucault was lying about it because of some weird power complex he has, which seems like a stretch to me. I don't know whether or not he actually confessed this to Scruton, but if he did, I'm inclined to believe he was telling the truth. I mean, who the fuck lies about being straight?
Another thing... I recognize this has a lot less credibility, but probably like 6 or 7 years ago, I read a post on reddit from some guy claiming to be in contact with people from Sartre's estate and supposedly they had letters or diaries backing up the claim that he thought women were intoxicating. According to him, Foucault had some weird belief that having sex with women "satiated" him in some way. I assumed this guy was lying, but the only reason I didn't totally write him off is because when I messaged him for more info, he sent me a link to a translated version of some French website where Simon de Beauvoir (1st ever female French existentialist, who supposedly rejected a marriage proposal by Sartre) claims he talked about it at a protest. This sounds like a very strange thing to do, but at the time, lusting after women wasn't viewed the same as it is today in with the left, and in particular, sex with someone from a lower age wouldn't have been viewed as harshly (see the depiction of a handjob of the bum by a female, a playful girl, in "The History of Sexuality"), so a bunch of frogs/continentals talking about this at a protest wouldn't have been that unusual given their value system.
What do you guys think? Have you heard anything about this?
>>7419279
Why are there like ten of these threads about secret confessions every day?
>>7419279
lol xD
do hegel, zizek, and marx next :3
he would have been a bisex like every other frenchfag in existence ever. what's the big fucking deal?
Is there any decent literary content on youtube other than lectures? Whenever I see book related stuff on youtube it is infuriating garbage like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgnmOtYsuTk
Yes check out the channel theLittleFears
>Is there any decent literary content on youtube other than lectures?
There was.
Wow, this guy is great, I dont know why he gets ignored so much hear.
Can somebody recommend me some more pieces of African literature ?
he gets ignored because he's accessible.
>>7419232
Im reading the the Myth of Sisyphus right now, and I really dont think it is much more accessible than many of the other authors that get talked about here.
He's constantly referencing Kierkegaard and others that you have to have read as a prereq to his books
>>7419232
It's this.
"The Fall" is a magnificent work and a few of his plays are nice achievements, but they're ultimately too simple to understand so not "real" philosophy, or something, whatever.
My mind has been absolutely butchered by TV, Internet, and vidya so I'm unable to actually read a book without getting bored and just end up blankly staring at the page lost in thought.
I've begun listening to the audiobook as I read and it really helps to keep me focused. Is there something inherently wrong with doing this? Am I not going to get the full experience out of a book by listening to audiobooks?
>>7419178
It's totally fine. Better than nothing. Literature will wreck tv and vidya for you though.
>>7419182
I wish. I didn't have mass entertainment as a kid and I'd do nothing but read constantly all day. After I got a computer that all changed and I've been unable to read well since. I've gotten through a few books but It's always a struggle.
>>7419178
Audio books may make it a bit harder for you to take notes on a piece of literature.
Supposedly, the Quran is supposed to be really poetic, beautiful and an arabic literary masterpiece. I don't see it.
Am I just stupid? Should I learn Arabic?
>>7419172
>can't see the literary quality of the Qur'an
>doesn't know Arabic
That's why.
You can start with listening to some recitations. I like Dosari. Then look for some papers on the Qur'an and tajweed if you want some scholarly input.
If you're really serious and interested, then yes, learn Arabic.
>>7419172
Stop reading shitty fanfic, m8.
>supposedly
three words
>supposed to be
yes opie
Books where the protagonist says, "fuck it" and breaks the normality of the societal grind to live free? Similar to pic related or something in the vein of Breaking Bad (but with less of an edginess maybe?).
Thanks in advance family
Jumanji the book
>>7419092
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
what a faggy post
you could read walt whitman i guess
probably on the road and junky
Why do people take pictures of themselves reading and share it on social media? I don't think it's ever once occurred to me to stop reading my book to pull out my phone and take a selfie.
>>7419041
you have stupid friends.
>>7419041
I've only ever seen girls do this and it seems harmless. Enthusiastic about some new book, proud they read. not worth getting worked up over
Gr8 to know m8, really interesting, sincerest thanks for sharing
Just gave up on this. I made it 80 pages in and thought it was a bit of garbage. I had the occasional chuckle, but overall it's just lists, not even the good, Pynchon-ey type, but just Ellis jerking off with one hand while typing out high-class catalogs with the other. Bland characters which aren't enjoyable in reality let alone a novel, clubbing with friends which reminds me of teenage benders and the occasional seeping through of his psycho-persona. I know I hadn't read any of the violent scenes, but fuck it, there should be some substance, plus I've seen the film, so I get the gist.
Overall, I felt like I wadding through mud to get through it. If it was maybe 200 pages I would've stuck with it, but fuck hanging around for another 320 pages of that shit.
So: tell me if I'm wrong, right, whatever. Opinions please.
>>7418983
the point is the grandioise, overdone nature of everything about the guy. He's a rich sack of shit and showing you how silly and ridiculous that life is IS the point
you want opinions or your opinion?
wtf
Any criticism of the book is met with "that's the point".
It is here Ellis attempts to borrow the nickname "career move" which had later been given to his late friend, Saint Dave.
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