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>I'm just gonna have Socrates talk about and point to shapes and lines you can't even see.
>implying is not Plato himself talking
>>7774920
>Implying not everyone comprehends that Socrates is Plato's mouthpiece.
>implying that Plato, by using Socrates as a mouthpiece for his own ideas, wasn't guiding himself by Socrates' own ideal of self-knowledge and subjective freedom.
So how do I into Hindu/Indian Literature? do I start with the Mahabharata or Bhagavad Gita? what are the novels to digest or other religious texts that allow you to understand them?
>>7774780
Start with the Greeks.
I enjoyed The Namesake as far as novels go
DESIGNATED
Who is the worst female writer?
>>7774641
butterfly
>>7774641
all of them desu
As most Europeans I've studied English since I was born and have been surrounded with it ever since (from childrens shows on TV to advanced academic literature).
However, even today I still find myself going "tired" when reading English text, such as novels or longer articles. It's never the same as reading anything in my native language (even though I understand everything perfectly).
Can anyone relate to this? Does it ever pass?
>>7774098
>Does it ever pass?
Yes. Read more.
>>7774148
When did it pass for you?
>>7774157
After I read more.
Anything in this worth reading?
almost everything you dip
>>7773994
So what isn't worth reading?
>>7773993
"Hey guys, i want to start working out but i don't want to get too big. What should i do to not get too big?"
How original are you, anon? Prove it by posting a book you've read but think nobody else on this board has read.my diary
>>7773904
Locos.
Quarantine - Juan Goytisolo
>>7773904
Gil Blas, Moscow 2042, Saki short stories
What is literature equivalent of fap straight after waking up, and then going back to sleep?
Reading Hegel
Your mums diary entry after I banged her
Spencer Madsen.
requesting lit about being perfectly average and directionless
suffering artists can fuck off
>>7773132
oblomov.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Fuck-Up-Arthur-Nersesian/dp/0671027638
>>7773132
what makes you think you're "perfectly average"? And what's wrong with suffering artists? Are you in STEM by any chance? In which field do you work?
Hi! I need an advice. I'd like to read something in English and, since it isn't my native language, it should be something that I can handle, something relatively easy to read and interesting for a person in his twenties. Thank you!
Catcher in the rye
I'd argue anything by Hemingway, he's rather known for his succint and clear-cut writing style. I think it'd be very easy to understand, language-wise, as far as literature goes.
read the sticky
Hey /lit/, what are some japanese books you wished you could read but can't because they have never been translated? I'm itching to practice my moonspeak and I'd love to read something good. Thanks!
>>7772423
Why would anyone be itching about books that haven't been translated / they know nothing about? If it's a good book it's already translated.
Anyways, just go read some Soseki, Kawabata etc. in Japanese and if you have trouble you can doublecheck with the English versions.
>>7772432
>If it's a good book it's already translated
I really don't think that's how the world works, you know.
>>7772439
Sorry to burst your illusion, but it does. And by 'good' I obviously refer to popular and critically acclaimed. If you're looking for extremely obscure books then it's pointless to come here.
What am I reading?I'm not even done chapter 2 and a can of hair spray, buzzing around, was destroying everything like you'd imagine in a bugs bunny cartoon.
Exactly.
>>7772231
just finish it first
>>7772231
A novel by Thomas Pynchon. They're generally a bit zany.
How many main characters is too many?
the context for me being a story about a group of individuals surviving a catastrophic event and how they change/develop in the aftermath of said event. These developments would not be solo stories, but the would all be related, like they'd all be part of a group.
I'm going into this with the idea of "as many good characters as I can come up with" but I want to put a number on it, as well as see how many other stories I could work with and how many characters I could have.
Good examples would be...
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pynchon
Stick with the greek tragedies and keep it to a maximum of three characters.
>>7771335
Depends on your ability to manage them, that's all. Books don't have size restrictions like movies, so I see no reason why you couldn't develop as many characters as you want to. But yeah, to give a meaningful role and growth for each protagonist, the story would wind up rather lengthy.
this book is shit desu
i'm not very far in but should i see it out to the end? so far it's just bad western culture references, descriptions of weather, and descriptions of how totally mysterious everything is
>hating the Japanese Borges
dweeb
You're reading a book for girls, dude. You got memed into reading a fucking BOOK FOR GIRLS.
>>7770962
Haven't read it before. My friend who hadn't read a book since elementary school picked it up and read it in a week.
Maybe you're just a pleb?
post lit, give Crit
>>7783011
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBFvEY263U3K9Y5ICqtGBXkHzL3W7Kfh4O5_AxM3EmY/edit?usp=sharing
Assignment for playwriting class to do 3 page scene with focus on use of time as a setting.
>>7783011
>Best Track
For Revered Green
>Worst Track
#1
>Most Overrated
Fireworks
>Most Underrated
Cuckoo Cuckoo
8/10 Overall. Feels was better
>>7783020
>best track
>not Winter Wonderland
You're stuck for 1 year in the last book you've read.
How fucked are you?
>mfw 1 year in the Plato's Republic
>the three musketeers
fuck. yes.
Naked lunch.
Wheeeeeeee
>>7784881
Lovecraft's Complete Fiction?
I am extremely fucked. I will keep a dog by my side at all times and run like hell at the first sign of it behaving strangely.
