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Depends on your philosophy desu

>>10000578
define 'me'

>>10000584
synonym, "gay"

>>10000567
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, or my diary, desu.

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>>10000570
show bagene :DDD

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Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar, also her short stories in Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

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>>10000516
The attack is a bit more subtextual and less fedora

>>10000516
no, most of the ones that get published are actually good

>>10000449

For questions 2,3 you're going to get a better response posting in /trv/. Have you tried the dutch waffle cookies? They are fucking amazing.

How tall are you? We do not take kindly to manlets around here.

>>10000493
6'3" and white. I fit in fine.

Short men in shorts

Y-you too.

A girl is sent to get drugs for her mother

Sailor is OK but The Sea of Fertility is his best work by far (Spring Snow/Runaway Horses/The Temple of Dawn/The Decay of the Angel). Get it in the one-volume edition if you can, it was published by Penguin in 1985. Also his short stories are quite good, and "My Friend Hitler and other plays" is a must. He's not to everyone's taste but I like the richness of his writing:

"There were autumn cicadas in the evening groves, and the roar of the subway came through the calls of the birds. A yellow leaf dangled from a spiderweb on a branch far out over the swamp, catching a divine light each time it revolved. It was as if a tiny revolving door were floating in the heavens. We gazed at it in silence. I was asking what world would be opening beyond the dark gold each time it turned. Perhaps, as it revolved in the busy wind, it would give me a glimpse of the bustle in a miniature street beyond, shining through some tiny city in the air."

>>10000310
Yeah, that kitten part is grotesque, but it's meant to be. The young lad shouldn't be hanging around with this group of creeps, but he is and he fits in because he's a creep himself. The book left me feeling quite cold and depressed, it really could've all been avoided.

My favourite Mishima is The Sound of Waves but that's probably because I haven't read Confessions of a Mask, Forbidden Colours or the Sea of Fertility yet.

>>10000310
Sea of Fertility>Patriotism>Confessions of a Mask>Sailor>Golden Pavilion>Sun and Steel

>>10000491

The sailor was the epitome of masculine grace and strength to the boy, who was [made] fatherless [by the war]. He wanted that strength, and a father role. However, when the sailor becomes his father, he not only steals the feminine from the boy, but also subjugates himself to the feminine [and to western influences], thus crashing the boys dreams to the ground. In retaliation, the gang of boys [the postwar generation yearning for the glories of the past and the rigors of a warrior society] sentences/redeems him to a grisly death, which in Mishima's world is preferable to dying of old age or losing ones masculinity [t. sun and steel and the final book of Sea of Fertility].

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>>10000314
>no Mayan

Hah! Enjoy your kiddie list, child.

>>10000314
I love you anon

This is now a Bronze Age appreciation thread

borges life is sort of boring. but the fact that he suffered an accident when he was 39 (he hit himself in the head badly, 2 weeks hospitalized and everything) and from then on he came up with these weird and cool stories hes famous for now.

me

source: diary desu

>>10000380
This guy

People still don't fully appreciate Nietzsche or Jung yet

>>10000257
Dickinson's and Melville's for sure.

>>10000257
Gospel of Luke

>>10000223
Having read half the series then given up in disgust I offer you a resounding NO.

>>10000223
Read them if you have the time to commit to a 14 book series and you like taking things slow; it's comfy, fun and has some cool ideas. The worldbuilding is top tier. Flaws are mainly the slow pacing (starting after book 6; until then, every book was episodic, meaning that the various parties had sub-quests let's say, that ended with the end of each book. After book 6 though, some of the plotlines continued in the next book(s), which made them tiring for fans that were reading as the series was ongoing. I didn't mind it but I see how it drags on,) and some unlikable characters; the fanbase doesn't really agree on them usually, so you'll just pick your own favourites I guess. You might get more opinions in the /sffg/. It's not a genius work or anything but if you like a retelling of the arthurian myth + other references + quirky characters + worldbuilding + /comfy/ SoL chapters, give it a shot. The first 100 or so pages of the first novel seem like a LotR copy, it's because it's published in 1990 or 1991? LotR copies were popular back then, it comes on its own after the party leaves the village. Don't read it if you want a tight plot and a focused story, read it if you'd like the things I mentioned.

Overall I enjoyed it; my least favourite part were the 3 Sanderson books, but at that point you can't really give it up, and there were some chapters and the epilogue that were written by Jordan before he died, which were worth it. Maybe try the first one and see if it's for you.

It's a series with a well build world and concepts held back by whiny teenage bullshit. Your time is better spent on better books but it's interesting enough if that's your kinda thing

When you don't love something to the point of obsession you eventually get tired of it. Just seek another hobby or whatever.

>>10000176

I take a break and focus on another medium. It's nice taking a break from something if you've felt exhausted by it, I enjoy reading comics for light reading if I've had enough of literature for a while.

>>10001395
Im pretty obsessed, but after a while, it's like "why should I read Gulliver's travels" or whatever book is next for me. I can't explain it other than "meh". But nothing else makes me happy so idk

Increased sex hormones, widespread social dysfunction, toxic pop culture, feminism, single mothers, shit education system, pollution, atheism, demons.

>/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc.

>>10000095
>society represses instincts
>instincts must express themselves in some form
>sometimes channel themselves into mental illness
>therefore the more oppressive society becomes, the more prevalent mental illnesses become
plus they're always coming up with bullshit new age mental illnesses

>>10000042
cute op anon

Anyone know what it was?
Also >>9999999

>>10000827
It's a mystery for our times.

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>>10000003

>>10000639
shitty post by anon

>>10000639
This the truf

Already have what now?

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>>10000040
The Jihad Chronicles.

>>10000679
Cool picture, did you find it on 9GAG?