Are there any upcoming translations or new books that you are looking forward to?
NYRB's The Farm in the Green Mountains translation and Marlon James' new African historical fantasy are about it for me.
>depending on publisher's whims
>being a translation pleb
kys yourself senpai
>>9213274
Cormacs sciencey book
And his book that has a woman in it.
They might be the same book I'm not sure.
Science and women dont seem to go together though.
>>9213286
>I know every language
Reading this; what the fuck happened in the shop where he got his candle?
bamp
>>9213031
iirc he goes in to ask for a candle on credit (he won't allow himself to ask for food on credit since food wouldn't help him get his work done/get paid). He is mistakenly given someone else's change.
He buys some food, feels guilty, gives the money to a poor person and goes back to confess to the shop-boy.
>>9213665
Damn this book sounds dumb as fuck.
Who said that sentence which goes some like "I know what is good, although I always @ct the opposite"
>>9212922
sounds like me, and it's stupid fucking advice
>>9212924
I rather think it was some rome stoic philosopher
>>9212940
but anon i am a stoic roman emperor. i'm just taking a break from having some pirates burned alive For Justice and dutifully fucking my sister
shit was cash btw
Describe this picture in the style of your favorite author.
Da ass was fat
there is a moment in the act of turning away when the three quarter image of the object will linger, seeming to burn into the sight and fill the heart with an irrevocable sense of loss. It is a tender and beautiful moment, and I see her hips as they spin away from me and her dark hand reaching back to hold her back. There are moments of anguish in which I think I am already alone and cursed to wander the land.
"BRRRAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPP"
- James Joyce
>>9212345
>tfw you're not strong enough to dog ear your e-reader
>>9212356
>e-reader
PLEB
I use a bookmark because I'm not a savage.
How to train your accent in a foreign language? Is there any other way besides going to a destined country and pick it up from the locals?
>>9212091
yes. practice in front of a mirror by overly mimicking the language. studying phonetics also helps. repeat until you think its perfect
maybe find some friends there to skype? helped me
Has anyone ever had a legitimate, deep conversation with someone, about the nature of people and life, about philosophy but not in an overly academic or abstract sense? I don't know about you guys, but I have personally never had a legitimately deep conversation like this. The best I've had are relatively pseudy coversations that don't lead that far. Is it possible to have a conversation like this without it being cringy or pseudy as fuck? It seems like there's no way to discuss anything beyond superficial things and academic ideas, and that when deep emotions or thoughts get involved, they can never be discussed with each other face to face.
>inb4 yeah they can, I'VE discussed them
That's just you not realizing how cringy and pseudy you sound
it depends on who you discuss them with. if you want to have this conversation for prestigious reasons and to impress your vis a vis or bystanders, yes, it will always sound cringy and pretentious. but if you have them with someone you are comforable with and it's about finding common ground or discovering new (to the individuals) thoughts, this can be very bonding. i do it regularly with my dad. and none of us would ever do something as awkwards as name dropping. we try to interweave the ideas we both have and maybe learn a thing or two in the process. it's never intentional. it just happens if the time is right. those discussions can stretch over hours. we usually lead them whilst doing other stuff, like cooking dinner or doing the wash-up. pretty comfy honestly
Depends if you're asking about online or offline.
Online: yes but incredibly rarely and doesn't last long
Offline: never, people instantly retract
>>9212039
take some shrooms with a friend or two and ramble about what you're interested in or what moves you. if you sound pseud so be it. just be in the moment and stop being so hard on yourself.
Sup /lit/, here from /pol/ to ask a very important question. What is the absolute end all be all greatest book ever written?
the qur'an
the qur'an
Physical books or e-readers? Why? Which of the two appears more pretentious?
they each have their value. neither is pretentious unless YOU are
>>9211876
>they each have their value
>doesn't list reasons
>>9211885
ereader:
pro's
>you can store a shitload of books on them and always have them with you
>you can read in the dark without additional lamps and shit
>if you want a book, you can download it in an instant and start reading
>you can search the books
>you can download dictionairs and translators and usem them quicker than physically search trough them
>ebooks usually cost less than their physical copies
>you even do something for the environement by saving paper
>you can read on different devices (pc, ereader, phone). this way you almost always will be able to get to your books somehow
con's
>they can run out of battery
real books:
pro's
>there isn't a screen shining in your face whilst reading
>infinite battery
>you can hand them down once you finished them
>you can display them on your shelf and feel superior to the people visiting you
>you can find cheap used ones
>some smell nice
>it's less finicky to hold a real book than an ereader
con's
>heavy
>take up a lot of space
>new ones cost more than their ebook siblings
>depending on where you live and what you want, it can take a while till they arrive and you can start reading
>you can't read on different devices. if you forgot your book, you're fucked
i'm sure there's more, but that'll do pig
What's your opinion on this one, /lit/? One of my professors is offering a second-half course solely on this book, and I was considering it but it meets on Fridays (which is my day off). Is it worth it?
it's fucking great
>>9211856
P&V is true to the language but sounds a bit clunky in English honestly
there is no translation that's perfect - read it in the original language. P&V comes quite close though
Dump your flashbirds.
Bonus points for rare ones.
There is absolutely no fucking way a less-than 15 year old girl wrote such profound thoughts and high quality prose.
http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3532896-het-achterhuis-dagboekbrieven-14-juni-1942---1-augustus-1944
>>9211694
She was Jewish though, so she was smarter and more eloquent than you were at that age
>>9211694
It was co-authored by Otto Frank, Anne’s father, after the war.
having some real problems lets you mature quiet quickly
>claims don dillilo's white noise is purple
what did he mean by this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQI80sKYyGQ
>>9211567
>vice
immediately closed the tab, none of that bourgeois nonsense for this guy
>>9211572
he's incredibly well-spoken
>>9211567
>reading list
>mentions only one and a half books
boy, vice is sure putting out quality content
Hey /lit/ I know we mostly discuss novels and works of non-fiction, philosophy and whatnot, but I have recently become interested in reading some plays (pretty faggy, I know)...
Can anyone help me out with any important works that I should pick up? I've got the complete works of Shakespeare and some other scripts by O'Neill,Chekov, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and a few Greek playwrights like Sophocles and Euripides.
Who else should I check out? And what plays of theirs, specifically, should I read first?
Thank you kindly in advance
Picture completely unrelated
Clive Barker, "The History of the Devil".
"Do you want to put those sticks down?"
>>9211078
What's wrong with you Anon, why did you completely miss out opera!
"True West" by Sam Shepard
/lit/ approved self improvement books?
Not that, even if it weren't for the Gaddis influence here.
>>9211071
>self improvement
man, aren't you spooked
>>9211071
The only "self help" books you'll ever need:
>Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
>Letters From a Stoic by Seneca
>Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu