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Dostoevsky, The Gambler

>>9826448
What the fuck was I thinking asking /lit/

the book of your mom's ballsack

In which way, exactly?

>>9826278
if you're planning to turn experiences into stories, it might help collate everything into structured stories.

>>9826291
I interpret the events of my life as symbolic, ie. pretend that my exes are representative of opposing forces of fleshly pleasures and love in my life ect

>>9826231
ANything by redpilled authors who assert that women and semites are subverting the white man

the book of dicks and balls

>>9826231
>Best books about human psychology
I know a few boo
>specifically about manipulation
Nevermind

>>9826138
oh no, i posted this on /lit/
could a mod move this to /his/?

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It's not estatic, it's not ineffable, it's not noetic, it's not a spiritual awakening, it's not mystical, it's not intepreted within a religious framework. No mysterium tremendum to be found either.

Whichever experience it was, that is not a religious experience. It goes in the "shit happens" folder, carry on.

If I had a religious experience for every time something like that happened to me, I'd have some compassion for you retards. No, this was not about penises.

>>9826136
Pushkin
Gogol
Chekhov
Dostoevsky
Tolstoy
In this order.

>>9826166
Why Chekhov there in this order?

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>>9826136
Gogol was Ukrainian
>>9826166
>Leaving out Turgenyev and Bulgakov
Get Out, Now!

>>9826112
Really naughty potty mouth. >: (

>>9826112
This picture looks like it was put through the smile filter of Faceapp but its real

>>9826112
Actual erudite by modern standards, for what it's worth. Not sure what to make of it all. He certainly predates "the novel". Historical readings are not the most interesting and once you take those away, his books appear scatterbrained. Great works, but are they of any value to you now if you have to read a translation?

>>9826002
if you're gonna be autistic about a book, then just ask for a certain translation too.
it's your fault for not being specific about what you want.

>>9826002
which one is it

>>9826008
Spotted the socially inadept autist.

Let me translate to you what OP is trying to communicate with us here

>OP wanted Iliad and Odyssey for birthday
>his mother bought him wrong translation
>this may have been real or an imaginary event; the point is that OP is trying to appeal to us by referring to common concern and interest

What you should respond is:
>Haha, oh man! Normies don't understand anything, amirite? Unlike us, amirite! Haha, let's go read War and Peace over a fireplace drinking scotch and forgetting about all the normies.

>>9825976
>showed a great deal more good taste in her novels.
Nebulous statement - what do you mean?

They're both alright

>>9826040
stop trynda smart rofl this chik sais nothing about SPACE let alone NEBULA, hey u got skype babe?

This shit gave me that empty feeling you get after you lose somebody.
Swann's Way made me feel the same way

>>9825974
Notes from the Underground

>>9825974
Yeah I enjoyed it too. I wouldn't indulge too much in those emotions though. It's a struggle to get back to baseline sometimes.
I reckon 'Crime and Punishment' would be fine to read though. Just as feverish, if not more so.
'The Maimed' will make this book look like cockroach droppings though.

>>9825904
It attracts pretentious people. Same as anything of worth in human history.

>>9825904
I guess it can seem that way when you totally misunderstand basic lines from simple stories.

>>9825904
The first ape to walk on two legs was probably called a pretentious faggot by the other apes, and they were right

>>9825891
I've never read epictetus or socrates so explain that and I can tell you.

>>9825891
>I've never read socrates
yup

>>9825891
Read the fucking book instead of trying to make it look like you're well read you validation-seeking retard.

>>9825874

>since a) he's French

kek.

he's irish. lived in france and wrote in french.

>>9825901
hahahahahaha that's what I meant, sorry

>>9825874
>WW2 induced PTSD?
I don't think so. He hid in Southern France for most of the war, being wanted for helping the Resistance (by typing little messages and passing them on) and in the immediate aftermath of the war he drove an ambulance for a hospital. Hardly PTSD inducing stuff. Never saw any fighting.
The letters he wrote to friends later on are another indication. He almost never mentions the war or anything connected to it.

>>9825843
Like I would take advice from some ignorant bitch that tries to slander a foreign president with a doctored video and make no attempt to apologize when she's called out.

>>9825843
>all a writer needs is talent & ink
Too bad Rowling only had one of the two.

>>9825847
"you can write with a pen" isn't advice; it's a fact. Your personal feelings are completely irrelevant.

Suicide is for faggots and retards. How dumb do you have to be to not appreciate how lucky you are to be alive.

Just cheer up, bro.

>>9825829
Actually, it was proven that depression is not the root of great works. Rather, a result of it
Because great men of science and art focuses too much on the voices on their head, their social and spiritual health gets neglected causing not only depression but also anxiety, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and other mental problems

Because for some authors, the style is paramount (Flaubert, Joyce, to name but those two). Trying to arbitrarily dissect a book into style and substance may not be useful in all instances.

>>9825732
Yeah I meant the majority of the authors not special cases that are famous for being all prose.

There's always a loss of information when translating. Its very hard to convey indexical elements. I would say, for a broader discussion about the topic, the original text is not needed, but when contemplating the deeper meaning of words and expressions, just kill yourself if you do not read the untranslated version.