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>>9321927
bc he writes emotionally and teenage girls are emotional beings

Because its vapid trash that women can comprehend.

>>9321927
because cereal taste better with dick cheese

a e s t h e t I c life >

>>9321722
And how does one do that? Maybe Imalready am.

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I'm living it somewhat. That means
>no job because I'm not good at hiding that I'm indifferent and eccentric
>no social circle
>the few "friends" I have are everything but intellectual, are very conform to idiotic social graces and conventions
>my family is unsupportive, vile and dumb as dogshit

If you're intellectual, that may sound good on paper, but if you aren't a grade A actor/actress pretending to be your average Joe, heh, then good luck man, good luck on not killing yourself in the end.

I found a good thread on Quora, explaining why intellectuals are universally hated and why they need to pretend to be normal and stupider than they actually are: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-some-people-dislike-smart-people

my diary desu

i can recommend a novel

the pale king by dfw

>>9321708
Bartleby wasn't bored...

>>9321692
I can't name any authors from the 20th century

Maybe they just wanted to write and are indifferent to how you feel lad. Takes a lot to get a doorstopper published, typically prior success. A nigga doesn't owe you anything. You don't owe a nigga any time to read it. This is why I tell people to just drop shit they're not enjoying.

Do you mind providing some examples

>>9321701
Me neither. I only read from the 21st. Unironically.

>>9321481

tossup between:
joe mcelroy
me
john green

>>9321481
Why do you keep posting this thread. Fuck off.

>>9321481
he is really bloated

i guess that explains his last name ;)))))))))))))

>>9321291
Because the Swedes destroyed like two thirds of the archives and libraries in Poland which robbed the world of nearly three centuries of Polish literary tradition, as most of the books and manuscripts destroyed were never translated or printed outside of the commonwealth.

They also stole hundreds of paintings, looted every major museum and palace, stealing everything from the artworks to the silverware, even the carpets and furniture were ripped up and sent back to Sweden. They even stole state census and tax records, marriage records from churches. There are hundreds of looted works still displayed in Swedish museums.

I'm not joking or making this up btw.

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>>9321416
You deserved it.

there are many now that are writing. why do we gain an obsession with Shakespeare and only Shakespeare in school?
there are *hundreds of countries, we focus on a select few, why? because those countries either have money or are gasping for attention.

Also, I realize the journey/search was more important to the novel then whatever lay at the end of it. But it seems like a silly thing for people to (still) be hung up on.

v. is noone in particular

v. is the wrath of the inanimate

how are there no academic essays on Pynchon's use of animate and inanimate in V.? it's so interesting and could actually use clarification but I can find nothing

>isolated suicidal teenagers
>not YA
pick one

Why should I?

>>9321053
This was my fear. I can only think of YA relating to this.

>>9319728
Apocrypha isn't that good, very questionable teachings. It's nice to read for the info, but know that it was removed from the Bible for a reason

>>9319791
That's what my dad told me as well -- I am reading purely out of curiosity.

Thank you for the input; How iss the Septuagint, it is the OT in hebrew translated to Greek, correct?

>>9319791
yeah, for contingent sociohistorical reasons

>>9316743
I feel like I love God but I hate creation.

How funny situations are in retrospect.

Ready to die but not ready to kill myself

>>9315998
agreed

>>9315998
is this a new meme I've missed?

Never heard of it.

>>9329701
You think you got a bigger file of that dog?

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>novel is about coming to terms with mortality

>>9329727
>novel is a moral lesson on being kind

Gravity's Rainbow

it says a lot about humanity

*farts*

>>9329699
The Bible ya dip.

my diary desu

>>9329671
Heck off brainlet

The primary texts have introductions and notes.

>greeks are complex
kekimus maximus

Aristophanes was funny. But I like lowbrow humor and slapstick, so it might be not for everyone

>>9329497
>redpill me on not reading for plot
Why? Reading for plot is perfectly fine.

Even 'high brow' novels can be read for plot.

If you're happy with what your are reading, then why would you come on 4chan and change just because someone you don't know calls you a pleb?

Would I say read some more 'lit approved' books. Sure. But don't be like the guys here who do nothing but read the canon (or least the spark notes) and then act like they are the smartest men in the world.

A well read man is usually not a well experienced one.

>>9329529
It was such a meme I thought there might be something I was missing.