ITT: We post the magnum opus of an author

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>>7562934
L oving
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L augh

>>7563018
I've recently got back into reading and I've just finished Grapes. Any Authors similar to Steinbeck?

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The Discovery of Heaven by Dutch writer Harry Mulisch

>>7562934
Great cover and I agree
>>7563018
Grapes is only better known because its subject matter is important to Americans. It does very well in educating people about the great depression which makes it a good pick for school literature but I'd say that East of Eden is the better novel.

Brothers Karamazov

>>7563351
Woah, this book looks fascinating. Added to my list. Thanks for the heads up.

I thought /lit/ didn't like Steinbeck? Interesting.

>>7564180
Its almost as if /lit/ is many people with many different of opinions

>>7563351
>>7564172
i'm not sure how well it is translated, but "beyond sleep" (nooit meer slapen) by w.f. hermans is also a fantastic book.
the discovery of heaven is quite thick (~900 pages) but truly worth the read, i especially enjoyed the fantastically written bond between onno quist and max delius.

>>7562934
that's a hot cover

>>7564273

I meant it more like, a lot of major famous authors rarely get discussed, but for the amount of work Steinbeck has out, he RARELY gets discussed here. Maybe it's because Grapes is taught in schools?

>>7564307
>Maybe it's because Grapes is taught in schools?

That's it.

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:^)

>>7564146
Don't, he's like the Dutch Roth with a pinch of Eco

>>7564180

/lit/ here. I adore Steinbeck.

Glad we settled that.

>>7564375
/lit/ here, this man is from Reddit ignore him.

Steinbeck a shit.

>>7563351
I never claimed East of Eden wasn't better. I don't think you know what a magnum opus is

>>7564377
/lit/ here.
thanks, man

>>7564180
In the past two years /pol/ shit posters have really distorted the reality around these parts because mods fail to hang themselves in their closest's so instead they jerk off to right-winged shitposts.

>>7565812
is this bait

>>7563286
Mieville does not have a magnum opus yet, but if he did, it would be Perdido or The City & The City, not Embassytown.

>>7562934
>>7563018
East of Eden is magnum opus, but Cannery Row is best.

>>7564180
Steinbeck is great.

>>7564300
Want to read.

>>7564334
I think that people don't understand that magnum opuses have to be long to be magnum opuses. Delillo's magnum opus (and his best work anyway) is Underworld.

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Takes your mind out and puts it back in a different orientation.

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>>7562934
The better Steinbeck

>>7564180
Of Mice & Men is part of the /lit/ starter pack. I think there are people on here that like him.

>>7564286
I'll definetly check that one out thanks, any other Dutch literary recommendations?

And yeah, that friendship really made the novel for me too. I assume you know that it was based on a real life friendship between Mulisch and chess player J. H. Donner?
(a Dutch 'essay' on that aspect: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ons003199301_01/_ons003199301_01_0052.php )
>>7565812
You're insulting me with your weak bait

>>7564180
I always thought he was high school tier lit for plebs t b h

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Either this or the Myth of Sisyphus, maybe the Fall.

>>7564146
"That was amazing! What do you call yourselves?"

"The Brothers Karamazov!"

THE END

>>7565877
I read Underworld as my first (and so at only) DeLillo. I wish I had read something else of his first

>>7567189


It is, but reddit have taken over.

>>7564334

Really? I'd say Libra or Underworld or even White Noise.

>>7567545
>not The Plague

>>7563351
Whip yo tittie out

>>7567167
nigga, no. Anna Karenina.

>>7566192
Modern Philosophy's magnum opus

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>>7562934
Someone explain to me why East of Eden wasn't ultimately a waste of my time.

Was the prose pretty good? Sure. Matter of fact, the first ~200 pgs were god-tier prose, the landscape stuff: amazing.

Was Samuel Hams a cool character: yes, loved him.

Did the book end with 250 pgs of Steinbeck not being able to wrap up the narrative in a way that wasn't 100% predictable/repetitious? Yes.

I would honestly tell people to read the first half of the book for prose, then stop reading. The narrative of this book fucking sucks.

The character development of everyone except for Samuel, Aron, Cal, and Tom Hams, sucked fucking ass.

>Huehuehue what if I just say that Kate's evil is almost...unexplainable kek kek kek they will fucking love this

>You needy some tee missa hamirton?! Okee! I see what I can doo! It was merely a facade Samuel, I am well-versed in the English language and I only put on this ruse to meet societal expectations. See, the man who wrote this character is actually not a racist individual, he's culturally sensitive in various ways. Brb gonna go smoke opium and ponder Kant with some other old asian guys

>Oh Galdang i really am a hardass! I hope I learn to love by the end of this book

Wait, an unnamed character is signing up for the Army?! It couldn't be...A-Aron....c-could it?!

Honestly, if you think this is his Magnum Opus, or if he even belongs in the same conversation as Hemingway or Faulker, go down to Kate's Place and get fucked.

>>7570322
Hey mang I liked Lee

>>7570233
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>>7571432

for some reason whenever I read that title I always imagine some women or girl using the sex-toy called "anal beads" that looks like a bunch of balls on a string that you shove up your bum

Notes from Underground

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>>7570322
>tfw I would totally go down to Kate's place

>>7573394
this or the secret agent

>>7573420
on the off chance you're not trolling...u wot m8?