>he hasn't realized the sole purpose in life is to fend off the ever encroaching banality of existence
>>9326709
I have realized this. It's why everyday I'm high as fuck. It's helping.
>>9326718
high people are painfully banal
kill yourself, but only in a truly original and mentally stimulating manner
I don't care, just send me a gf please God.
What are some examples of middlebrow writers?
>>9326656
Why, O.P. of course.
>>9326656
>vonnegut
>franzen
>chabon
>melville
James Joyce
thoughts on don delillo? What kind of place does he occupy on the spectrum of american literature? How important is he in the grand scheme of American lit?
I've read white noise and libra
>>9326558
How about you give us your opinion.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=the+influence+of+don+delillo
>>9326558
He's top-tier middlebrow
>>9326588
Define "middlebrow", and why you would place him there.
When does this book git gud? I keep picking it up and putting down and having to start over after a long period of losing interest.
>>9326542
It is Faulkner's best work and one of the greatest works of literature from USA, and possibly the world.
>>9326549
I thought Sound and the Fury was supposed to be his masterpiece.
>>9326542
How far into it are you? I think either Darl's early description of Jewel wrangling his horse or Addie's chapter is the best part of the book.
Do you like sports, /lit/?
I don't really have any interest in them. I don't understand why people are so fanatical about their team. I haven't lived in my home city my entire life, most of the players aren't from here, and the team is probably owned by some billionaire from someplace else, so why should I have any loyalty to the "home team" ?
Plus, objectively speaking, most of the games are pretty boring.
Love watching hockey.
Love playing volleyball (beach over court)
>>9326499
Yes.
so... you people do know that reading the stuff you read doesn't make you special, right?
Ya, just like whatever you like to do doesn't make you special. What's the point of this thread?
My mom says I'm special.
I got to take a special bus to school that the other kids weren't allowed to ride on.
Of course. It is my intellect that makes me special.
Why do gangs exist in every society /lit/? Are there any books which explore this matter?
>>9326145
The need of importance. One of the human cravings.
Don't know if it's true or not.
>>9326145
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member by Kody Scott
Super fun read senpai. Felt like I was in GTA San Andreas.
>>9326194
Thanks anon.
What does /lit think about the beginning of my newest novel titled The Room. Pic related.
I think it started my newest cancer.
>>9326111
Lol
>>9326096
Potentially the most boring opening line I've ever read
Italian anons, should I read Tommaso Pincio?
Panorama is pretty good. I don't think it has been translated though
>>9326044
The issue isn't translation, amico. The issue is finding the epubs/pdfs.
I'm in Brazil, buying his books is a hopeless endeavor.
>>9326063
I'm sorry man, it's a shame there are no ebooks for sale online.
Write about walking past homeless people.
lol what fucking retard made that pic?
One day, I walked past a homeless person, then another one. As I passed them, it was clear to me that I was at that exact moment walking past homeless people, and after I had walked past them, I knew very clearly that I had in fact walked past them.
Knowing this, I continued my journey.
>>9325997
This fucking deep shit
Any thought-provoking or well written dystopian books?
Especially interested in anything ambiguous or unconventional.
Thank.
The Road is unconventional, but I didn't think it was great. It's also a movie.
A canticle for leibowitz
inb4 weit's good tho, read it
Why is the sentence "How to play archery" wrong?
Because you touch your little arrow at night
>>9325925
Why isn't the verb "play" used with Archery?
Is there a grammatical reason for this?
>>9325923
It's not a sentence.
Just got back from a weekened at new york and stopped at strand books this morning before I left. That franklin library is the picture of dorian grey.
>>9325916
Kind of a big book for only one picture lol?
How much for everything, senpaiĆlia?
>>9325916
You are a fucking loser lmao
Literary fiction is sometimes so overrated and overhyped. It seems to me that some authors try to make their writing seem more profound than it actually is and some readers fall for it believing they've read something "important".
>>>/9gag/
>>9325795
>you're only allowed to browse one website xDD
>>9325802
>you think you can post that disgusting bird on 4chan and not be hated
when is the pine man gonna drop a new one? I'm anxious for more pinedog
Are you anxious for more goofy memes?
2020. It will be his lost novel. Fuck off with your Japanese insurance agent meme
>>9325641
with what meme?