Who think this is good literature?
its good
his imagery gets under your skin and you cant get it out of the back of your head for a while after reading. i hope you're at least a little gat though to help you get past all the cumming
>>9811817
Haven't read it but I unironically love the movie.
This is one of the only books I've ever hated
this just came out.
what do /lit/ think of this?
>>9811742
i dunno but "the rational male" is an anagram for "lame oriental hat"
>>9811753
>>9811753
kek
ITS THE BOOK YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR ENTIRE LIFE
>a synthesis and sublation of faust, hamlet, odyssey and nick land
>>9811703
My diary desu: the complete collection
>>9811723
that means you ded
http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-2017-longlist-announced
JUST.
>>9811659
Get this SJW shit off of here. This is a redpilled board
4321 looks interesting
Jesus, I still haven't read any of these. Shows how much of a pseud I am. I've wanted to read 4 3 2 1 for a while now, has anyone read it?
Also, when I'm done with that, what should I do next?
>Underground Railroad
>Lincoln in the Bardo
>Swingtime
>The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.
spinoza
The more you learn about the world, the more you realize it all just couldn't have been created by chance, but it had to be created by a divine being
The more you know, the more you realize that you don't know.
I don't understand most fiction or why it should be gud. What should I do exercise my mind to better understand fiction and its layers?
Start with the Greeks? Then what?
>>9811561
Well I mean I like historical fiction man. Used to really like fantasy but now it all sounds like bullshit.
youre probably just a low iq retard go back to /v/ or /pol/ or reddit or whatever
>>9811561
stop sulking you pussy, also check your grammar
Is there any really good Napoleonic era soldier books besides Sharpes?
Never really ran into any but its basically my favorite
Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell was pretty good.
marbot memoirs
Anyone else sip while reading? I can't imagine reading without one anymore.
>>9811394
Redbull is patrician energy drink.
Monster is plebbish.
>>9811394
Not very often. My favourite sipping drink is orange juice. I really like it.
>>9811408
Redbull doesn't have like any caffeine in it though. Then again, why don't you just drink coffee? It's more potent and actually good for you.
What did this book actually achieve?
I'm stumped.
We can get calling me a brainlet out of the way, I'm already aware of that.
>>9811380
Shameful self-bump
>>9811380
Syntactical mastery and an engaging story
>>9811380
Achievement unlocked: Overrated
Achievement unlocked: Friscalating dusklight
>most Ancient Greek sources are from Athenians who are biased towards Athens and usually don't know shit about other cities
Fucking Athens!
Maybe those fucking Spartans should have spent less time lifting, huh?
>>9811199
The strong do as they will and the weak suffer what they must.
>>9811199
>don't know shit about other cities
>ignoring the widespread activities of many philosophers of analysing other city-states based on primary sources such as their constitutions
E.g. the works of Aristotle and his successors / students (which were lost)
Why aren't you reading one book per day, /lit/?
But I am, unlike Tai
Because I have to work for a living.
>>9811072
Look it up he never reads a book a day. He either reads a summary of the book or gets someone to tell him what the books about
Recommendations for literature that addresses white mens' issues?
Nothing about material pain, timmy calling you flatnose in the third grade, or other mediocre grievances. Strictly problems that only becomr apparent when your IQ passes 110 and you have the leisure and security which higher thought requires.
Examples: ennui, depression, aesthetics, dysgenics, democratic failure, racial incompetence, conquering nihilism, anxiety, self cultivation
>>9811057
Anything by John Updike or Richard Yates
>>9811057
Stoner
>>9811057
>Examples: ennui, depression, aesthetics, dysgenics, democratic failure, racial incompetence, conquering nihilism, anxiety, self cultivation
>basic bitch problems
English language is supposed to have word for everything but is there verb for that silent amusement when you blow air through your nose while smiling?
>>9810991
chuffed
Smirk?
>>9810995
According to multiple "official" dictionaries that just means one is pleased and happy.
What do you expect from John Green's upcoming novel, his first since 2012?
literally whom
>>9810954
Le Breakfast Man
The same thing you get from every author after they get big: disappointment from the masses
True detective-esque lit?
The king in yellow Robert chambers
Anything by hp lovecraft
>>9810910
Read LA Quartet. Its what the creator ripped off for season 2
>>9810910
Fifth chapter from Out Of Darkness, by David K. Sakheim & Susan E. Devine.
Pizzolato stole practically everything from that book for season one.