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Which books excel at juggling differing points of view?
SUNSET FOUND HER SQUATTING
I thought The Rules of Attraction was a lot of fun when it came to its pov juggling.
I did not hit her I did naht...
Oh hai mahk
Let's do this again, /lit/.
Who is the only true god of existentialism?
>>7365879
What is Camel's philosophy even?
Kierkegaard
>>7365879
Camus wasn't an existentialist. Existentialism is basically a synonym for Satreanism, and it's a shit tier philosophy for adolescents. Read Heidegger's Letter on Humanism.
>it's a Tyrion Lannister chapter
Who's your favorite character?
>starting a book where literally everybody dies.
Me. That's why I don't read GoT.
>it's a Lenz chapter
>>7365835
Then you shouldn't be readingyour diaryeither, it turns out the same way in the end
I'm searching for some german literature for someone who is still learning the language. Is there a /lit/-approved book that is very simple so even non-mothertongue can read it and that is not an adaptation? (Children books are well accepted too)
(Possibly less or around 100 pages)
Also -general german literature thread
This one is very good. Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but I think it's a must have.
The more recently the book has been published the easier will it be to read. German probably changed more over the last few centuries than English did. There are some german books of the 19th century for example that I, as a native speaker, find easier to read in a (current) English translation than in the original.
>>7365757
this
Are there any literary detective stories? As in, detective stories that one can derive real lessons from?
Doesn't have to necessarily involve a detective--just the act of investigating.
>>7365651
Bleeding Edge
>>7365651
Chandler's books are probably the best example. He likely got closer than anyone else in pushing the boundary of genre fiction into the realm of literary fiction.
>>7365651
The Savage Detectives
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I just read Lord of the Flies for the first time.
I considered it very good and meaningful and analyzed it myself onto a paper.
Then I go to Wikipedia and Sparknotes to see what I have missed. I thought they were full of people more intelligent me, who could enlighten me.
But HOLY SHIT can people actually have these DUMB opinions? Do majority of people think this book is about some Freudian psychology "savage instincts rawwr", "without rules there are no morale, you will succumb into savagery", "I'd fuck my mother if my dad...
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So the question is: Where can I find actually good analysis on this book? You guys, what's your opinion?
>>7365637
briefly, what was your analysis on the book?
>>7365668
Shortly:
It wants to express the difficulties of managing society under stress/problems.
Major characters are Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon and little kids.
The major elements are the Beast, the signal fire, the huts/shelters, the meat/food, and the Conch.
Each character has their own way of managing the situation, but all are afflicted with a serious weakness that corrupts their decisions and actions.
Ralph's weakness is that he never adapts to the current situation. He manages to seize...
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What websites (if any) do you visit to keep up to do date with contemporary literatyre?
I'm thinking of making my own since I'm very invested in contemporary lit and have an autistic talent for cataloging large amounts of information and so on.
>>7365465
I don't, but I have an idea about a website where books are cataloged by plot- so as to find new books. The closet thing I could find was tv-tropes literature, but they don't differentiate between main plot and "one character that was mentioned once"
So you could type in something like "main character gets stranded on strange planet" instead of title or author. And then you just get a list of books.
That would be the coolest thing.
>>7365470
How specific would you like it though?
I'm not going to do this because I'm not that far on the spectrum, but it sounds cool I guess.
>>7365474
Well, there'd be different tags per book, but there'd have to be a moderator to make sure there isn't too much deviation, or people wouldn't be able to find a book just because they worded it differently.
"Boy get's lost on a space ship." Where the engine would look for boy, lost, space, ship and maybe also look for teen and young man. If the engine were too pedantic, then it wouldn't work.
That would be my idea at least.
Are there any good authors from this country? how can one nation be so devoid of talent?
>>7365358
Are you looking for Norwegian authors to read or is this just your "sick #bantz xD"?
Erlend Loe.
Naïve. Super is short, easy to read novel. I can imagine average anon might find the protagonist annoying.
He's mainly written children books tough.
>>7365358
They had one but he was a Nazi traitor so they don't talk about him much
Is this book autistic? Was Pynchon an autist?
Currently i'm reading it, enjoying it, but i can't shake the feeling of autism off.
>>7365323
Pynchon is one of the brightest literary minds of this century.
>>7365323
If you go into a science, enjoy it, and understand the principles behind it, then there's a good likelihood that you're autistic.
i was stuck in a psychiatrists waiting room for about an hour the other day
there was an autistic man with his legally appointed aide there
he was completely unaware of the normal whisper tone people strick in doctors offices, he was even speaking slightly above normal speaking volume
he loudly went on about his personal problem for about 30 minutes or more
his main issue was his arguments with his father, apparently he had an irrational desire to wear excessive clothing, that is several, unnecessary, layers of clothing, especially pants.
his father thought this...
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Is it worth the read, /lit/?
Could you tell me what you think about it?
Yes. Pessoa is the best writer of the XXs.
>>7365286
It's good, some of it i thought a bit meh but overall nice.
>>7365286
It is definitely worth the read. I was surprised that when I went to Lisbon that Pessoa was so well advertised. Then I realised that it is deceptive, because obviously when you go to any country, they tend to throw their greatest literature in your face. I just ignorantly assumed Pessoa was a bit more obscure because I had never heard it mentioned in England.
In terms of what I thought about it, I thought it was fantastic if a bit dragged out at times. The language is great (I know I read a translation but...
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Is there anything that compares to War & Peace? Scale, history, characters, feeling like you're in people's lives, feelsies,
Les Misérables comes close. In a lot of ways, I think Tolstoy wanted War and Peace to be his version of Les Mis.
Infinite Jest
A la recherche du temps perdu
What are some comfy, easy-to-digest books I could read during winter?
Saramago. The elephant one is the comfier.
man Calvino for certain
cosmicomics and baron in the trees and nonexistent knight and cloven viscount especially.
the EPITOME of comfy
they're like literary children's fables you feel you've already heard long ago. some real sense of faux nostalgia, innocence and magic.
feels like being 12 years old again sitting by the fireplace midwinter while dad gives you impromptu art history lessons and you listen to records and look at paintings in his hardcover books
Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. The whole thing. All of it.
Why have I never seen this even so much as mentioned on /lit/ ?
>>7365079
I saw it on here a little over a week ago, along with Lunar Caustic
>>7365079
>>7363277
someone mentioned it in this thread as well
Because you havent been looking very well.
Now, are you going to say something about it and contribute with a nice thread or are you just going to whine?
Your mortal enemy has made his final boner- he has named YOU godfather/godmother of his newborn child!
That fool doesn't even know you hate him.
What books do you give the child to ensure your rival's seed is ruined?
Age X: Book A
Age Q: Book M
etc
>>7365058
too drunk to think of answers right now, but this post is fucking masterful.
>>7365058
Raise that kid to be a feminized little kuck, no problem.
>tfw no mortal enemies
>tfw not christian so I don't blame the child for the sins of the father
Should I buy it /lit/?
http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Complete-Works/dp/0872203492
>>7365057
it will look nice on your bookshelf.
no you can easily find it to download online
>>7365531
this guy gets it.
if anything, ignore the primary and only read the secondary literature on it.
also... /hist/
