Is this really as fucking good as Faulkner says it is?
>>9890277
I would like to know about pic related myself.
Got it literally only because the title gave me chills.
>>9890277
Faulkner recanted his statement later on. It's a great book nonetheless, one of the best bildungsroman in the American canon. I like it more than Joyce's Portrait for example, of course it's not as good as Ulysses.
>>9890347
It's a book that shows a lot of potential but it's really uneven. The very beginning and very end are the best parts.
I love Wolfe, he's one of my favorite writers. He's just really uneven. And Hemingway was onto something when he called Wolfe "an overbloated lil Abner of literature".
Yes. That and Of Time and the River are great. I've read short stories, too. I don't remember titles besides "The Lost Boy" which I've read a few times, but they're pretty good if you want a briefer Wolfe experience. I tried to read You Can't Go Home Again but ended up dropping it around 150 pages in. I was a bit worn out on Wolfe and, also, I much prefer his writing about childhood (Look Homeward Angel / The Lost Boy).
What the hell kind of name is this?
name ur mama call me bc of this thick white cock nigga
i gotta write a response and reaction paper on pic related any ideas?
>reaction paper
do you describe facial expressions in these
"Wow! What can I say? What a book! A triumph, and a classic without doubt. My reaction is that I like this book."
>>9890048
Talk about the irony of it being a shibboleth of a higher class.
What are some good books about French history?
The Song of Roland
>>9889948
Naissance de la Noblesse by Karl-Ferdinand Werner.
The works of Jacques Heers.
Chivalry by Leon Gautier
I'd recommend getting into French Canadian history rather than pussyass france.
What are his best short stories?
Do you mean his BEST short stories or his best SHORT stories?
>>9889583
*****
* 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man'
****
* 'The Christmas Tree and a Wedding'
* 'A Gentle Spirit'
* 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree'
***
* 'The Uncle's Dream'
* 'White Nights'
* 'A Faint Heart'
* 'The Crocodile'
* 'Bobok'
* 'A Nasty Anecdote'
* 'The Eternal Husband'
* 'The Landlady'
* 'The Little Hero'
**
* 'Mr. Prokharchin'
* 'Polzunkov'
* 'The Honest Thief'
*
* 'The Jealous Husband'
>>9889640
I can't recall whether it was the dream of a ridiculous man or white nights but whichever was the one about a pawn shop owner with a young wife I would not recommend it due to how soul crushing it is
>"the kingdom of God is within you"
>everyone still prays to someone / somewhere else
Worst case of poor reading comprehension ever or what?
I think religion might have more glaring instances of being internally inconsistent than that to worry about.
>>9889582
Sorry I wrote and rewrote that damn sentence like four times and it still came out shitty. You know what I meant though.
I am writing a complaint letter to both my HR rep and my store director over an issue there is between my department and another. I am running into some issues and was wondering if any of you would be willing to give some advice.
>>9889558
don't write a letter.
there was an agent who owed Hunter S Thompson some money, once. HST didn't write him a letter. he visited the agent in person and planted a fucking great pitchfork in the guy's desk, and then left.
he got his money shortly after.
Is there any /lit/ approved fiction that realistically depicts discovery of alien life?
>>9889448
If you've seen the movie arrival, stories of your life is the short story it was based on.
>>9889713
Story of Your Life is probably my favorite sci-fi short. Highly recommended for a literate guess at an alien consciousness.
>>9889713
My problem with the book and the movie is that the author implies the universe is deterministic in his depiction of the alien's experience of non-linear time.
What were the first words of /lit/?
>>9889486
/lit/ is getting old, isn't it?
What are some of your favourite books that take place in the ol' western times. Any amazing books that are about the wild west that /lit/ recommends?
Blood Meridian
>>9889393
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain.
>there are Tom Clancy novels not written by him but have his name stamped right on the front of the book in big letters just to sell more copies
what did they mean by this
>>9889322
He's name is a trademark as much is he's work.
You cant just write "Tom Clancy" and dont pay something.
What does /lit/ think of hypertext?
An example: http://www.eastgate.com/TwelveBlue/
What an outstanding novel. I think John Williams may have the most solid library of novels. Each book completely different yet all masterpieces in their own right. Admittedly however I haven't read his first novel which he apparently hated. Has anyone read that and want to share their thoughts. I posted BC because I just finished it but in general would love to talk about all four of the man's novels.
>>9889210
What did you enjoy about it? I've heard each of his novels is thoroughly different from the others.
>No one gets angry at a mathematician or a physicist whom he or she doesn't understand at all, or at someone who speaks a foreign language, but rather at someone who tampers with your own language, with this 'relation,' precisely, which is yours.
>>9889187
No one?
>>9889187
I need more.
Is this a debate? Ask a question or something. Are we talking about logic and mathematics as being different from the 'relation' of language to the world?
>>9889187
>dude imma hack your fucking language
shit nigga he was gangsta as shit yo
lyricists of /lit/erary merit? pic related is mrs. Newsom
>>9889045
Leonard Cohen, tbqh
"Suzanne"
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer that you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with Him, and you want to travel blind
And you think you maybe you'll trust Him
For He's touched your perfect body with His mind
Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love and they wil lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds her mirror
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind
your mom gay
>>9889593
Famous Blue Raincoat, Bird On the Wire, In Munich Secret Life, Who By Fire, Alexandra Leaving, Hallelujah, Nightingale, Chelsea Motel #2, Tower of Song, Thousand Kisses Deep, You Want It Darker, Traveling Light, Everybody Knows, Lady Midnight, Sisters of Mercy are all good, all of his songs are, even if you can't stand the way he sounds just read the lyrics.