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I just finished Steppenwolf and it was the best book I have ever read, the main character struggled with loneliness
which I could relate to. I especially loved the little romance between Harry and Hermine.
Recommend me any book that is like Steppenwolf.
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>>9141168
You don't need books, you need meaningful relationships
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>>9141168
Don't you think the ending was a bit out of it
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Really think you missed the point OP. The ending and the spiritual stuff was the main point, just like any of Hesse's books.
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Is there any good literature out there about the saints, or the history of catholicism in general?
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>>9140561
>good
>Catholic
nice memestop getting triggered, Catholic cucks. I dare you not to reply. Please don't, it was just a joke, calm yourselves and your righteousness
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>>9140561
The Golden Legend by Jacobua de Voragine
The Chuch History by Eusebius
But you're probably better off just reading something contemporary that draws on all of these sources like A Brief History of the Catholic Church.
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Here is the answer: >>9140403
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who likes to write while stoned? who likes to read while stoned? what sort of things are good to write stoned? what sort of things are good to read stoned?
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>got high a couple days ago
>think about thinking about thinking about thinking about saying something
>lose my shit
How the fuck are you supposed to get anything done?
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>>9132180
smoke less
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>>9132229
HERESY!
Jokes aside tho, my life has been so much better since I quit smoking weed. I know not everyone is the same, but I can't smoke moderately. I'm a lazy bum if I have weed laying around.
>read the book jacket
>it spoils the first 100 pages
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>jacket
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>the foreword details the entire plot because it's a classic so EVERYONE has totally already read it and knows what will happen anyways haha
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>>9143073
>read
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I'm halfway through On the Genealogy of Morals and to be honest, I'm having a hard time. I understand what he's writing but I don't really understand the significance of it. This is my first time reading any sort of philosophy besides The Republic.
Can someone give me a source that I can use to better understand the importance of what I'm reading and maybe what Nietzsche is trying to communicate?
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>>9142665
>first time reading philosophy
>starts with Nietzsche
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>>9142687
i didn't want to start with the greeks
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>>9142697
I can understand that, but Nietzsche?... personally i think is one of the worst options for introduce youself into philosophy
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Does Rupi Kaur have any literary merit whatsoever?
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No.
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No.
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This is the shit on the dedication page of the author who neglected his wife and his wife's son for a couple of decades to write a travel memoir.
ITT: books that actually help you solving your existential crises
pic unrelated, no book ever helped me with that
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>>9145444
Resolved my anxiety over unconfessed catholic sin which stood in contrast to a disbelief in catholic doctrine and allowed me to internalize christian ethics while not needing to resolve an unresolvable crisis of faith. Made me a better person too.
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I received a $50 giftcard for Amazon today.
I'd like to spend it all on books.
What would you buy?
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https://www.amazon.com/Recognitions-American-Literature-Dalkey-Archive/dp/1564786919/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487826183&sr=1-1&keywords=the+recognitions
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>>9144513
i'd get the essential turgenev, the leopard, the ice trilogy, and uh, i guess dovlatov's the compromise.
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>>9144534
Yeah I was thinking about this. I've read the e-version but want a physical copy because I feel like I need to read this thing at least 3 times to understand it.
>>9144543
I'll look it up, thanks.
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Can anyone suggest any literature works involving asceticism, also anything relating to hermitage.
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Nietszche's geneology of morality where he repeatedly and mercilessly BTFOs asceticists
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>>9144379
is thhat .... hair??? saved
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>St. Bigfoot
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where to start reading on eugenics?
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So once all the /pol/tards are corralled in /lit/, do we lock the doors and burn the place down?
If that's the plan, I wasn't told, so I thought I'd check ...
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>>9143474
Teilhard de Chardin will harm you the least
Then, Max More
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>>9143477
>muh /pol/ boogeyman
fuck off
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>reading unfinished novels
Explain to me why someone would do this.
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>>9143468
havent read Pale King but I would just assume somebody who really liked Wallace would want to check it out. I dont think thats irrational. Same with any other unfinished novels.
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9143468
>reading for plot
But seriously there are reasons for reading besides plot.
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>>9143468
Wallace often didn't wrap up everything in his works, leaving the climax/resolution implied. He specified that that's where he was going with TPK, that things would be about to happen but wouldn't happen. What he did write and was published does this, both as a whole and in sections (like the thunderstorm).
Dead Souls by Gogol works just fine despite being unfinished and is well worthwhile.
Netochka Nezvanova by Dostoyevsky does end suddenly and without resolution, but it's some of his best female character work and it's intriguing and even poignant to think about what miht have happened.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens is well suited to being unfinished, being a mystery, and has led to much speculation about how it would've ended.
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Any elder scrolls fans here? Throughout the games there are hundreds of books scattered around and can be read. Are there any that are genuinely good reads?
I know some are in volumes and can be quite lengthy considering they are lore books in a video game.
>inb4 The Lusty Argonian Maid
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A Less Rude Song
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Truly and sincerely, please fuck off.
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The lusty argonian maid
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What does /lit/ think of ASIMOV 2017-02-23 12:13:07 Post No.9143378
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Just finished this collection of short novels. This is my first Asimov lecture. Enjoyed it very much. Are his long stories worth it too?
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>I, Robot is an excellent view of the relationship between man and machine
>The Foundation Trilogy is at the top of many reading lists
Overall he's a premier sci-fi writer.
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>>9143385
That's what I understand from the introduction.
It's so good though. Why did sci-fi turn into space opera bs? because of the fantasy?
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>>9143399
Why did wizards and witches turn into wand waving faggots in 21st century London?
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What's the most honest book in history? 2017-02-22 11:35:14 Post No.9143187
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Schopenhauer's 'On Women'
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>>9143201
isnt that just a short essay?
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my diary desu
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Hello, /lit/. I have a couple questions for you. I hope you find them interesting.
1) Do you think there's a problem with an author writing a novel about a culture completely separate from their own? For example, a USA author that aims to write a great piece of literature about South Korea, or a French author that aims to write a great piece of literature about India? Do you think there's something fundamentally wrong when authors write about cultures that aren't there own?
2) I went to my local bookstore, and all the books on how to write creatively were geared, as far as I could see, toward generating genre fiction. There's nothing wrong with that, really. But where are the tips and tricks about writing great literature? Perhaps writing good literature cannot be taught, or it's too elusive to distill down into a set of guidelines. What are your thoughts on this?
Thank you in advance.
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>>9143152
Oh wow, are you trying to trigger /lit/ to death
>writing about other's cultures
that's cuck!!!
>that aren't there own?
LOL YOU SPELLED WRONG
>genre fiction
>nothing wrong with that
WOW, you are IDIOTjust bumping the thread for you
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1) No. Melville did it, de Tocqueville did it, Matthiessen did it, Jack London did it, etc. The only thing is that it will always be the case that the work will be seen as an outsider's perspective into a culture that is foreign to them.
2) Just learn how to write. Great literature comes from a combination of the idea and the ability to write well (which is unmistakably a technical skill and not a solely artistic one).
In my humble opinion
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>>9143152
on point two, i feel like constantly reading works of literature you admire + aspire to write, and then emulating and studying their style and content and tone with regards to improving your own, is the slowest and only effective path