>be literally the best writer of all time
>never get mentioned on a dweeb /lit/ imageboard
>>7629653
Turgenev is one of the few classic russian authors I haven't read. I really do hope he's as incredible as many people say. I'm really looking forward to it.
I just don't know what translator to read.
>>7629679
I'm reading the penguin classics one. I've been blown away by the prose so I assume its a good translation.
you spelled John Williams wrong
>>7629653
But that's not Ford Madox Ford.
that's not john green
>>7629653
Talent, but not genius.
>>7629704
He used to be memed ad nauseam here, don't know what happened
He is still discussed or mentioned very frequently
That's not William Gaddis, John Hawkes, or William T. Vollmann
>>7629717
it's painfully obvious that it was only one autist spamming excerpts from le Strong Opinions