>tfw you are from european nonrelevant country
>tfw your book will never be /lit/ meme
Today I Wrote Nothing, or Zettels Traum, may make it into memehood some day
>>7743798
>You will never grow up in the 19th century on a poor farm north of London, read English at Cambridge, pen your magnum opus, and die of cancer leaving your penniless widow with 2 young children
Why live?
>tfw Joyce always looks sort of weak and emaciated in his photos
>tfw he was actually a living breathing person who got shitfaced with Hemingway and probably assaulted others regularly
>>7743814
Kharms was from Russia and Schmidt Germany. Those are both relevant meme countries.
>>7743798
what do you mean? as long as you write in english - which judging from the fact that you browse 4chan im guessing you know well enough - it doesnt actually matter what country you're from. actually it does matter in that it might score you some esoteric points. where are you from?
>be depressed anxious old eurofag from nonrelevant country with a meme language
>get everyone on your dick regardless
there's always hope
>>7744905
you just KNOWsadie is so qt :')
>>7744905
who is this guy anyway? Is his stuff any good? I'm a bit cut off from contemporary literature but yesterday I walked into a pretty well known bookstore here in Lisbon and there was an entire shelf dedicated to him. I don't mean just part of a shelf, I mean an entire fucking shelf, from one wall to another, of books with his ugly face on them. And every book cover had his face. He looks like a wolf
how do authors even get their stuff known nowadays? music and film it seems it's easier than ever to get known but authors seem to struggle
>>7745080
He gets hailed as the next Proust, can't remember the last time people collectively lost their shit over literary fiction like this to be honest.
Also
>knausgard
>ugly
The lad looks like a rugged David Bowie.
>>7745066
What makes that picture really memey is that Tao Lin took it.
>>7744905
>Knausgaard and Smith
No, that's too much meme for me. Imouttahere!
>>7744905
do you think he hit, lads?
>>7745082
>writers have it tough titties
>nowadays
>from the netherlands
>none of our books are read internationally, never
>tfw /lit/ will never read my postmodern novella
>>7745152
I will, mate.
>>7745080
He's brilliant
>>7745080
He's the next DFW. Suicide would be the perfect career move for him right now.
>>7745137
Look at her body language, he most definitely hit.
>>7745152
Nescio got an English translation from NYRB, so there's a chance
>>7743798
My only consolation is being able to read original Cioran. Then I realize that his best was written in French and I'm disappointed again.
>>7745221
I liked that a lot.
>>7744905
>you will never hang out with Tao, Karl and Sadie
>Tfw Canadian
Why is this country such a waste land in terms of good writers?
>Not simultameously writing in English and your native language.
Zizek managed it
![tumblr_nqf0kd5v9C1ttd796o1_500[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WUw9sga.jpg "tumblr_nqf0kd5v9C1ttd796o1_500[1].jpg")
>>7745122
>filename
>>7745080
>Lisbon
Onde, pá? A Bertrand só tem merda.
