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Is it worth buying or should I go with some other publisher?
>>7805616
Harold Bloom autographed it? No discernible penmanship.
>>7805618
It's his personal recommendation, though.
>he can't speak French
Épique.
>reading philosophy
>combination of existential dread, confusion, and being overwhelmed by philosophy in general gives me an actual headache
>have to stop reading
help
Read Aristotle. He very profoundly lays out the philosophy which confirms common sense, our natural intuition.
Modern philosophy is bad for your health because it always starts with some baffling sophistry as a principle which leads inevitably to such bizarre conclusions. I believe it's said that one of Heidegger's students killed herself because of how confused he made her.
it means it's working
You actually got cucked by a book
/lit/ what is the first novel that comes to mind when you think of mind-blowing/complex plots?
The more mysterious the better. Bonus points if you couldn't predict the ending.
my diary tbqh
I don't read for the plot so I don't remember.
>>7805341
sames
>submit my short story to student journal using an oppressed-sounding name
>it gets kindly rejected
>submit short story to The New Yorker under pen name Zimbabwe Mabooga
>instantly get million dollar advance and six-book deal with Vintage Publishing
>oppressed-sounding
>>7805308
>oppressed-sounding
What are some hypocritical books? Like, books that advocate for a certain message, but the story advocates for the complete opposite. Books that advocate for something, but then realize that that something is impossible to achieve so they just tell you to do the opposite by showing how what they want would never work.
>>7805282
Most religious texts?
>>7805282
Most cookbooks, if you think about it.
>>7805282
i don't think you understand what "hypocritical" means
>Books that advocate for something, but then realize that that something is impossible to achieve so they just tell you to do the opposite by showing how what they want would never work.
if this is what youre looking for, animal farm
Does anyone know of a good compilation of Petrarch?
dude you have a twig on your head lol
>>7805248
Thats Putin for you. Dude is such a party animal
Seriously? Anyone?
Does anyone have any memoirs to recommend? Looking to read some.
Bumping this thread. What are some of your favorite memoirs?
Goodbye to all That, by Robert Graves
dude who wrote I, Claudius
survived the first world war
also survived the british private school system without turning gay, which takes some doing.
My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger by Elliot Rodger
List some other books that focus on the topic of overpopulation and how it would be dealt with / affect the world.
Harrison's Make Room! Make Room!
was the basis for Soylent Green
>>7805158
man that tower looks chill as fuck. i would be right there at the very top
>>7805158
Stand on Zanzibar
Is it possible to post something here that isn't ideology? I think some of the more clever posters here can do it, but I guess we'll see.
Give it your best shot. Here is my attempt:
"I get very bored at work stocking the shelves"
>>7805054
My glass of water is less than half full, so should I get more water? And then I thought to myself, shall I be waiting long? Was it worth the effort? If I can distract myself long enough perhaps I can rely on my thirst rather than torture myself over waiting to fill up a cup that is less than half full. Sometimes when I drink water my stomachs aches something severe. I think I will wait till I can no longer stand the thought of this and then make my move. My thoughts move to the cup once more and with a sudden realization I am aware of the triviality of this situation. Perhaps I will be thirsty soon.
ideology is unreal into real
it is not possible
>>7805267
This.
How do you write a sob story /lit/? Post your example.
>Baby shoes.
>>7804950
>for sail
>get high paying job
>make family
>have it all
>become addicted to alcohol, heroin, and crack
>lose it all
>become depressed
>write novel with horrible life choices as inspiration
>it fails
"at least i followed my dream"
What is the Spongebob of literature?
Kafka
>>7804917
https://youtu.be/g3lo90ElO9Q
idk like manga
Hi! I recently read Plato and i wonder if there is some guide for reading most famous philosophers in order to understand references? Thanks in advance!
>>7804891
honestly just go chronologically
greeks > scholastics > enlightenment > modern >20th century
annoyingly subtle sarcastic and totally unhelpful remark
>>7804902
reply calling you a nasty name
>I was only 9 years old
>I loved Borges so much, I had read all the poetry and short stories
>I pray to Borges every night before bed, thanking him for the life I've been given
>"Borges is love" I say; "Borges is life"
>My dad hears me and calls me a faggot
>I know he was just jealous of my devotion for Borges
>I called him a cunt
>He slaps me and sends me to go to sleep
>I'm crying now, and my face hurts
>I lay in bed and it's really cold
>Suddenly, a warmth is moving towards me
>It's Borges
>I am so happy
He whispers into my ear "so Salomon giveth his sentence, that all novelty is but oblivion."
>He grabs me with his powerful Argentinian hands and puts me down onto my hands and knees
>I'm ready
>I spread my ass-cheeks for Borges
>He penetrates my butt-hole with a massive tome of Anglo-saxon grammar
>It hurts so much but I do it for Borges
>I can feel my butt tearing as my eyes start to water
>I push against his force
>I want to please Borges
>He roars in a mighty roar as he fills my butt with rhetorics
>My dad walks in
>Borges looks him straight in the eyes and says "vi el Aleph, desde todos los puntos, vi en el Aleph la tierra, y en la tierra otra vez el Aleph y en el Aleph la tierra, vi mi cara y mis vísceras, vi tu cara, y sentí vértigo y lloré, porque mis ojos habían visto ese objeto secreto y conjetural, cuyo nombre usurpan los hombres, pero que ningún hombre ha mirado: el inconcebible universo."
>Borges leaves through my window
>Borges is love. Borges is life.
>>7804863
This man in my country, he is everything.
>>7804872
90% of the people that talks about Borges in Argentina didn't read him.
>>7805213
yeah well the same could be said of /lit/izens and their 'favourite' authors
If you have, who do you see carrying the torch today?
Who are the great writers of today?
(Writers: of novels, novellas, short-stories, and poems)
Before you ask, I don't know where the pic is from.
>>7804803
That's too bad because I really wanted to tell you to fuck off to wherever it came from
>>7804797
"""the""" canon
wewdielew laddie
How does one live the literary lifestyle?
make threads on 4chan with simpsons gifs as the starter image
oh shit!!! it looks like youve already maanged this!!!! wowwwwwwww!!
>>7804741
A few years ago it used to be flaneurism, absinthe, hashish and opiates, women, decadence and such but now the cool kids have moved on to exploring mysticism, asceticism, simplicity, celibacy and so on.
We're literally Huysmans, the board.
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