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What did he mean by this?
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He meant that he had incredibly high artistic sense.
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Will you write me a bed time story?
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Please I can't sleep
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wp0MDYuaQU
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>>>87244359
>>get a book on the Yakuza
>>Billed as the best english language book every written on the subject
>>first 200 pages are boring recaps of fascism, communism and the CIA
>>next 200 pages are about unions and politicians
>>last 100 pages are brief overview of their criminal behavior
>Very gay. Very, very gay.
>They're basically just Yellow Nazis meets the Sopranos with more corruption and less shooting each other. Rip off.
So guys, I'm reading this thread in tv and this the place where to ask a good book on yakuza.
Not novels, but history and real story like gomorra would be perfect.
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>>9976414
bump. I would like to know too. Also about criminal gangs in China, or Chinese criminal outfits that operate in Japan, if these exist (there were some in a Murakami novel, but I don't know if there's any truth to it or not.)
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How's the writing career coming, /lit/?
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So, I'm checking Marlowe to see if there really are some similarities with Shakespeare, and even on casual glance I see too many differences. His verse is infinitely inferior. He's still an interesting read, though. For one, he's much more authentic. Everything is much closer to what you'd expect from the period. His geography is correct, his characters sounder, and even passing naval jargon is spot on.
In the following quote for example, you can correctly see the advantages of galleys in calm, and their subsequent demise as sailships get the wind in their sails. After that correct and authentic slavery, and sale of slaves in Malta, which was a historic buyer of muslim slaves. Shakespeare is never as accurate.
>MARTIN DEL BOSCO.
Our fraught is Grecians, Turks, and Afric Moors;
For late upon the coast of Corsica,
Because we vail'd not to the Turkish fleet,
Their creeping galleys had us in the chase:
But suddenly the wind began to rise,
And then we luff'd and tack'd, and fought at ease:
Some have we fir'd, and many have we sunk;
But one amongst the rest became our prize:
The captain's slain; the rest remain our slaves,
Of whom we would make sale in Malta here
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Not to mention correct terminology. 'To vail', 'luff', 'tack' at the same time you have Shakespeare that places Bohemia on an island.
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Is the Scholars worth reading if I know nothing about 18th century Chinese civil service examinations?
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>>9976100
Yes, learn French and read this.
https://archive.org/details/pratiquedesexam00zigoog
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/aidan-gillen-littlefinger-game-of-thrones-james-and-lucia
cia to be playing james joyce in an upcoming indie film
discuss
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>>9976006
we had a thread on this already
I wonder if he'll do a better job than the guy who played Joyce in that Ulysses documentary that dramatises sections from the book and Budgen's Making Of
I unironically got chills when I first saw the parts of that film with Joyce in
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>>9976013
it wasn't even a particularly great representation i don't think, just something about it gave me the shivers
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>>9976006
He is a big guy
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What are the best books for learning finance and monetary management, from a simple level to an advanced one(not self-help normie stuff but actual stuff which still has useful tips, etc. but also covers complicated things and interactions, including mathematics)?
I want to start generating as much passive income as possible so I can eventually work less and spend more time reading and writing.
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theres plants on coins heh
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Was Camus overrated?
I just read The Stranger and it felt more unnerving more than anything else. I wouldn't say it was good, just slightly disturbing.
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>>9975949
Did you read the english translation? I felt the same way too and I believe it might be in part due to that.
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>>9976937
The style of the good English translation captures the laconic unreflective style of the French. I certainly don't think it's an amazing book but considering that 4/5ths of the people on lit can't seem to even begin to analyse it correctly I'm airways suspicious when people on here say it isn't very good.
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What books can I read to help me become a better writer? Particularly non-fiction writing, but books on fiction writing are fine too.
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Don't read books about "how to write." Just read good books, lots of them, relevant to the kind of writing you'd like to do. Annotate and take notes, highlight passages and write down page numbers where you find particularly powerful writing.
In addition, practice writing as much as you feel you can. You will feel pressure, from this board and other places, to "write every day." This is nice if you can do it, but in actuality, only write when you really feel like writing. If you only write once a month, that's ok. You can write like that for a few years if that's what it takes, and once you start a project you feel strongly about, you will begin to write more frequently out of interest in your project.
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>>9975718
I disagree with that last paragraph. You need to keep up the practice, even if you're bored as shit. It doesn't have to be much - even just ten minutes free writing is ok on a bad day - but get down something. It keeps you sharp and builds a routine.
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>>9975692
The elements of style was what I found most useful, every other book just tells me what I already know with maybe a few pieces of new information. In the end you become better by writing than you would with reading, unless you're really bad and know next to nothing.
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The first 2/3 of the story were strictly necessary?
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>>9975676
Absolutely. There's a lot more going on than simple characterization tho.
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>>9975676
maybe but the last five pages are way above them and probably anything else in Dubliners
which is saying something because Dubliners is consistently great
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>>9975676
we do not critisize James Joyce
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Redneck Slavoj Zizek
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Eastern European Rick Roderick
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Books we admire VS. Books we love
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The night of the ginger 2017-09-03 06:30:46 Post No.9975376
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>Be me
> Be awake from Friday to 11 pm
> finally sleep today Sunday at 12:30 am Approximately
> In that time wake up, i studied for university test, did homework, used jewtube, watched some anime
> i drink 2 cups of ginger with chocolate to help me sleep (my mother makes lots to lose weight and never ends)
> While i was sleeping, i "wrote" or rather imagine a novel, the narrative, history, background, characters, were the best.
> Then realize that I was dreaming it and trying to remember it to write it down
> Waking up and running to my desk to write the novel entitled 'The Night of the Ginger' I had dreamed of during sleep
> Forget everything except the title
> Life is suffering ;-;
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sup /lit/
I was wandering if you had any recommendations for me for some /comfy/ autumn/winter reading. I really liked pic related, Meadowland, and A Shepherd's Life, just because of the general feel I get from these books. These might be normie or boring or non-intellectual books, but I enjoy reading them so fuck you. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations about other books to try?
Also I guess post a book you liked and other anon post other suggestions to read
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im not sure which joke you are trying to make