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have you even HEARD of Infinite Jest?

>>9126068
I'm currently reading it actually. But a New York Times survey of writers and literary critics ranked Beloved the best work of American fiction from 1981 to 2006.

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>>9126066
No

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>>9125993
>Fight Club

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>>9125993
>Some of the picks were ridiculous (The Bible?)
>reading the basis for the civilization you live in is ridiculous

lol i aint readin all this shit nigga where da tldr at

Thus Spake Zarathustra is basically meaningless without previous knowledge. As in, you will get nothing from it whatsoever.

The Divine Comedy is more about context, you ought to have at least some understanding of canon and theology before reading it, but you should already have a bit assuming you aren't from, say, Iran.

Just do it. Don't expect to finish the books with your setties though.

>>9125958
You're dumb

>>9125986

I very well might be, but that doesn't help.

I'd like something that preserves the original meter while still sounding natural.

There is plenty of information on and comparisons of all the translations of the first part, but the second part hasn't had the same treatment.

>>9125958
Well no need to worry, Faust Part 2 is just the ramblings of a senile, pompous know-all.

>>9125910
so this is the new carliclaire thread?

>>9125910
Honestly, I found both to be equally boring

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>>9125932
yes, it involves answering the question
>>9125935
why so, bro

This isn't really related to literature, try posting in >>>/int/

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>>9126050
ok

>Le chat
>Les chats
>you will never ever know if it's singular or plural since they're pronounced exactly the same

Fuck oral French, I'll just stick to reading French literature.

>>9125768
You made a thread

>>9125877
>this is the true face of the female form

>>9125704
manlets, when will they learn

>>9125704
Because it looks impressive on a shelf
Or you're shopping for books in the disabled section

>>9125707
this, desu, baka baka

>book is filled with words
fuck this shit

>back of the book just has people saying how good it is
I never understood this. It either needlessly reveals the entire plot (fuck you, 40th anniversary edition of Dune) or sings empty praises nobody cares about. The only acceptable uses of the back cover are either more artwork, or author's biography.

>front cover spoils the book

A morning with Tom
By: Anon

Tom Higgs awoke to the sound of birds chirping outside of his window. He let out a yawn and stretched his arms to either side only to jolt upwards when his left arm came into contact with empty bedsheets. “That’s odd,” he thought to himself. “She’s never up before me.” Determined to discover the cause of this irregularity, Tom swung his legs over to the edge of the bed and stepped down into his plush slippers. Tom made his way across the bedroom and stepped into the en suite bathroom. After stopping to itch his buttcrack with his hairy knuckles, Tom stepped onto the bathroom scale. “Wow the diet is working! I can almost see the numbers,” Tom thought as he peered down at his bulbous stomach. Tom stepped off of the scale, donned a plain white T shirt, and headed downstairs. The house was empty. “She must be out running errands,” Tom thought. Once he was in the kitchen, Tom poured himself a big bowl of Sugar Frosted Candy O’s. He picked up the bowl of diabetes and sat down on the couch. He groaned when he noticed the remote was missing from its usual position on the coffee table. Tom reached under the couch cushions and felt around. He pulled out the remote and turned on CNN. Following his his viewing of almost an hour of people arguing with each other on a split screen, Tom got up and walked into his study. As Tom approached his computer he noticed a piece of printer paper taped to the monitor. The flowery handwriting was recognizable after just one glance. Tom knew that the writing belonged to his wife. He felt a twinge in his stomach as he began to read.

>>9125592
Dear Tom,
I have left this note to say that I am leaving you. Our marriage has become a living hell. You barely make any money, you get fatter every day, and you never pay any attention to me. I supported your childish idea of writing a hit song and getting rich for seven years, but you were never going to be successful. When I begged you to find a real job you didn’t listen. In fact, you never listened. In all of our miserable years together you never once asked me about my day, my friends, or my family. YOu are a self centered child who just can’t be fixed, Tom. I may not be perfect, but I definitely deserve better than you. I deserve a real man, and guess what? I found one. I have talked about John from work countless times, but I doubt you were ever paying attention. John and I have taken the Prius, which I payed for, and gone to Manhattan. We also took the cat, whose litter box you never bothered to clean out no matter how many times I asked you, with me. We are going to find an apartment and start a new life together. The Big Apple may not be all that it's cracked up to be, but anywhere without you is paradise in my book.


In shock, Tom hurriedly flipped over the paper to see if there was anything else.


P.S. My attorney will be contacting you about the divorce papers shortly.
Good Riddance,
D.

>>9125596
A single tear rolled down Tom’s cheek and splashed onto the letter. He dropped to his knees with a loud THUD. Tom lowered his head and began to bawl his eyes out. With each sob he sank lower and lower to the ground as he gradually curled into the fetal position. After hours of crying, Tom’s reddened eyes finally began to dry. He pulled out his phone and took a deep, shaky breath. Tom scrolled over to his wife’s name in the contacts and swallowed nervously. Maybe the situation could still be salvaged. Maybe he could change. Maybe she would give him one last chance. Mustering all of his courage, Tom began to type.

Hey there, Delilah. What’s it like in New York City?

Start with the poops

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>>9125560
>translation

Constance Garnett version

he has alot of good stuff from his early phase and late-ish phase
if you mention his hippie phase most of the people here are gonna laugh at you
legitimately good insight to
>muh eastern philosophy
there's so many christ tards on this board though, you're just gonna get called a fag regardless

His teachings allow for a perfectly happy and stress free life, but if everyone followed it civilisation would crumble at an astonishing rate.

>>9125559

remember watching him when i was like 4 years old and feeling inspired, basically self-help, not philosophy at all, and if you listen to him and acknowledge his ideas, you aren't really thinking critically.

basically, he says stuff that feels good to hear but isn't an academic or intellectual in any sense of the word. he doesn't back up any of his claims or arguments in any rigorous way..so...basically just motivational bullshit that you forget in two days. read some descartes or something instead. listening these things will actively do harm to your ability to think critically.

It's good to get a really skeletal overview of a thinker and it's well-written and fun. It explains the actual philosophy to a certain degree which can be handy if you genuinely have no idea what a Leibniz is. But it's not a systematic thing or a textbook.

There's a good audiobook of it that's up on Youtube.

I think it's a real mess. you can safely skip it if you plan on reading the great philosophers themselves. if not, and you just want a *very* broad and selective and questionable overview of the subject, I guess it's better than nothing....

>>9125540
He didn't even mention Leibniz tho

>>9125504
kys

>>9125504


>>>/r9k/

faggot

>>9125504
anatomy of melancholy. good luck. not for plebs.

>>9125472
Even though I won't read it, because I don't bother with anything "YA," I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor, OP.

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>>9125472
Hide the Tiger

>>9125472
ten bucks says you'll never even finish it