I've recently realised that I don't have much of an affect on others
people like me well enough and enjoy my company, but they don't think of me outside of when I'm actually there
similarly women have found me attractive but they've never truly loved me or left a lasting impression on them
this is really weighing heavy on me
what are some books that explore this feeling?
>>7327916
this isn't literature. fuck off pussy.
Being an ineffectual pussy you mean?
>>7327917
I sincerely want a book that conveys this
Why is post apoc so entertaining? Is it because of being freed of grand societal narrative? Death of ideology? Post post post post scarcity? Survival mechanics? Roaming neo-societal constructs? Decadent beauty?
What's your apocalypse, what's the best you've read and what kind would you write? I'm partial to irreverence of nature found in Blood Meridian.
BM isn't postapoc.
Usually I find post apoc boring as fuck
>>7327857
It is in spirit
>>7327857
What do you think all those forsaken towns signify? Stupido.
I don't see enough Italian literature in here.
Who's your 10/10?
>pic absolute uncontroversial 10/10
Best translation of The Decameron?
>>7327815
If you don't mind the abominable book cover, Rebhorn's version is actually pretty good imo
>>7327798
Of course a pleb would rate Pirandello a 10/10
Which Yukio Mishima book should I read first?
quads and steel
Confessions of a quad
the sound of quads
It's my birthday /lit/.
What's the most patrician way to spend your birthday?
In solitude.
>>7327605
Naked.
>>7327605
get wasted (alone)
Writers: the leaves are falling and nanowrimo is in the air. Are you working on a new project or red educating yourself to an old one? Tell me what you're putting your energy into.
Post more pics schizophrenia-kun
Is that from Sun Kil Moons new album?
>>7327720
>tfw no Kozelek bf
I can't read fiction.
It makes me sleepy and it feels pointless. Most of this has to do with me being extremely lazy and probably also with me being less intellectually inclined. The only thing that can keep my interest for a few hours is STEM textbooks and even then I like the math/formulas/pictures more than the language.
The fact that my mother, sister and grandfather are all avid readers who tear through books like there's not tomorrow, makes this all the more painful.
Is reading fiction something that grows on you the more you do it or is it just not for me?
same, the origin of species was such a slog for me
>>7327508
How is it even possible that I can shitpost on 4chan for days on end, yet get sleepy after one minute of staring at a real life page. Sure, the content is simpler, shorter and more interactive, but in essence it's still reading, right?
I'm sorry btw, you guys must get this kinds of posts all the time from first-time /lit/ lurkers.
>>7327551
>I'm sorry btw, you guys must get this kinds of posts all the time from first-time /lit/ lurkers.
Yes.
Keep reading. If you don't feel like it, don't.
Jees.
is enjoyment morally imperative
it's accidental
What book is that?
>>7327416
Book?
I'm interested in learning both German and Norwegian (not simultaneously, of course). With which one should I start? Will it be easier for me to approach Norwegian after knowing some German? Or the opposite?
>>7327250
start with the greeks
no impact either way really, even danish isn't easier to learn for knowing german.
Pick whichever one you most want to learn. Because you might not have the time, patience, or desire to learn two languages.
GR > L49 > V > MD > ATD > IV > V > BE
Pynchon sucks
>le reclusive irony man
MD should be higher
>>7327248
It is as it should be, my opinion.
>tfw Bukowski has become an Instagram meme
>>7327162
bukowski has always been mainstream meme shit
you should feel bad for caring and even worse for liking Bukowski in the first place
>>7327162
examples?
>>7327164
Bukowski is good for a certain mood, it's not masterful or trying to be
If authors intent is dead/irrelevant, can I make a romantic love story out of Mein Kampf?
I don't know about you OP, but I always read mein kampf as a love struggle between a troubled artist, and a nation that refused to love him back
Is it possible in principle to pull a Pierre Menard and perfectly reproduce the text of Mein Kampf word-for-word, but with the intent of writing a love story? If yes, the answer is yes.
Any other books like pic related?
I just ordered
-Fighting For The Essence
-A Handbook Of Traditional Living
-A Sky Without Eagles
-The Way Of Men
>>7327157
ugh
just read epictetus like a normal person
fuck
>>7327160
Already did. And Meditations. And Stoic stuff.
I think of all the books I've read about men and manhood out of my need for some direction, this is the best one. Even if it is not particularly well known
Itt: the most insufferable professional writers you've ever had the misfortune of reading
Picture. Fucking. Related.
Insufferable cutesy nonsense.
>>7327065
Who is this goblin?
>>7327068
Sarah Vowell. She was a media darling for a while, she was on the daily show, bored to death and other shit.
She also did the worst shit possible during the golden era of This American Life then she started writing god-awful historical essays that started selling well to feminists and the tumblr crowd.
I haven't read any of her books, but she's an entertaining interviewee. Pic related.
Could Joyce have fucked more than one woman in his life if he spent less time reading and more time lifting weights?
I think you need to read his books OP. Why would you assume he only had intercourse with one woman?
>>7326986
he fucked his fair share of prostitutes senpai
>>7327006
Prostitutes don't count, /r9k/
