Friendly annual reminder that the Ides of March are upon us once again and to run fur your lives
You can take a couple hours first and reread the play
>run fur your lives
Is that a yiff pun?
>>9239920
What is a yiff?
>mrw someone refers to potus today as Orange Julius
I know how to speak spanish natively as I'm hispanic but I have never read a spanish book in my life so I can only imagine how poor my reading level is. That said, should I pick up the translation or the original text of a hundred years of solitude?
>>9239837
if you are a dirty chicano stick to the translation you will not understand anything anyway
>>9239837
is a pretty easy read so i would suggest going for the original
i would also rec 2666, easy to read too, and is better than the book you posted imhotbqhwy
Was he a genius? Was he a plagiarizing peasant?
>>9239813
just a dude doing his job
Most importantly
>Was he a cuck?
>>9239819
/thread
How does reading add to my life?
Is it worth the effort of a man with the attention span of a gnat to read?why is every lit reccomended book so fucking depressing? Being human sucks but there has to be some light in the dark.
>>9239769
>Being human sucks but there has to be some light in the dark.
There isn't it.
Honestly, I don't know if I have the emotional intelligence or maturity to continue with the /lit/ recommended list. History seems to be a series of one massive political or intellectual drag after another, and I feel like looking for any greater understanding will only lead to disappointment. I've gone through my "redpilled" phase, and though I'm out of it now, I find it impossible to return to a sense of normalcy. The only thing I've gained is a greater appreciation for Christianity, though fuck any of the standard denominations.
/lit/, wat do?
>reading middlemarch in the middle of march
>>9239761
>reading as i lay dying as i lay dying
>reading norwegian wood in norway
>>9239854
it doesn't count unless you're in a wood
Hey /lit/, I have just realized that I've been ignoring a huge portion of literature, short stories. What are some recommended/essential short stories/compilations? The story that got me to realize this is God Sees the Truth, But Waits by Tolstoy, but I'm open to literally anything.
>>9239695
Pick up a copy of Borge's Labyrinths. His short stories are great.
El llano en llamas - Juan Rulfo
>>9239909
Borges* or Borges's pick one
Hey folks, I recently picked up Borges' Collected Fiction and I'm looking for further recommendations for when I'm through with some more of his work.
Any authors you guys think are core to the genre?
>>9239690
Read the fucking sticky you stupid fuck. Sage
>>9239690
>magical realism
>borges
nigga yo what
>>9239699
Probably the most useful recommendation, regardless of edge. Ty chum
Chomsky's a fucking goof
discuss
He has a stupid name and wears dumb ties.
OWNED.
>>9239684
That fucking debate between he and Foucault was the dumbest shit I've ever watched.
They spent the entire time trying (and failing) to articulate subtle misunderstandings in each others understand of the argument because both of their egos were too huge to speak in the same language.
he's fucking gay and a jew can't get any more lamer than that
How do you maintain your focus while you read? How do you read for hours at a time without getting bored or distracted?
magic.
Adderall
>>9239655
Would it be a bad idea to ask my weed dealer for adderal?
Name a better book about a man who uses a time machine to bang multiple versions of himself. Pro-tip: you can't.
>>9239580
what
>>9239587
Thought that was fairly self-explanatory.
>>9239580
Green Futures of Tycho. You better lurk a little harder at the lirbary.
I need some books about the morality of abortion. For a long time I thought abortion was fine, not a big deal, but now I'm wondering whether abortion is immoral. I'm having confused thoughts and can't really figure out whether I'm okay with abortion or not.
Do you want a secular view on why it's immoral or are you fine with a Catholic view?
>>9239550
Abortion is cool but what we should really do is kill all pregnant women so they don't have babies
That won't have any negative effects amorite
>>9239555
I'm secular but I wouldn't mind reading about Catholic viewpoints.
How does it read?
I'm not a native english speaker, but I can handle everything posted here on lit and pretty much anywhere else on the internet.
I'm about to take a leap and try to read my first book in English, and I'm thinking about this one.
Will I have to read it with a dictionary by my side, or it ain't that hard?
Also, for the non native english readers, what was your first book in the english language? How did you fare?
>>9239546
Its basically YA level, so you should be fine.
>>9239546
It's not difficult, but sometimes Tolkein loves to go into pseudo-archaic biblical language and I don't know if you can handle that or would want something more natural.
>>9239546
It's pretty long but it's not hard to read otherwise.
>tfw working a shitty wageslave job to support living in a shitty apartment
I just want to sit in a comfy library all day and read
Come to far northern China and teach English - the pay is fantastic, you only work 25 hours a week, I save $2000 a month, and I spend almost all my time studying languages and basically living a monk life punctuated by occasional easy sexual encounters. What do you have to lose?
You will have to deal with the Siberian climate though, unfortunately. Also, you need a college degree.
Sound tempting?
>>9239609
I don't speak Mandarin
>>9239622
You don't need to. That's the beauty of it.
So, did you actually read it or did you just buy it because everyone else was? What did you think?
You first
>>9239807
I didn't read it.
I'm pretty sure no one's actually read any of this book.
Latin literature thread?
I'm also learning the language but I am sort of lost. for example, what is the difference between each of the variations of this word?
deicio, deicere, dejeci, dejectus
If you don't know about principal parts, you need to do some serious remedial reading on Latin grammar. Start with Wikipedia and go from there.
>>9239511
Is it "I", "to __", "I have___" and a past participle?
is that the general order?
>>9239503
>deicio
present active 1st person singular indicative
>deicere
present active infinitive
>dejeci
1st person singular perfect indicative active
>dejectus
perfect passive participle