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>>9054066
they're both dead

>>9054066
william faulkner was indeed the greatest american writer

Frenchies love Faulkner.

>>9053979
There's some stupid idea floating around that we've only just figured out how to translate European languages we've been in contact with for centuries.

Absolutely stick to revised versions of the classic translations. Modern translations are often just autistic literalists looking to cash in

>>9053979
Well, there's certainly a greater focus on fidelity or literal accuracy than invoking the same sensibilities in recent translations. McDuff is fine.

>>9053979
Kill yourself piece of shit

No.
Some languages do translate perfectly to each other tho. Portuguese and spanish, nordic languages, etc.

Of course, but I'll never learn all the native languages of writers that I wish to read so I'll instead settle for the second best thing.

>>9053929
What do you call 'the whole experience', and how do you get it with -any- book, translated or not?

Borges

horatio castellanos moya. his books give me anxiety. very short and simple prose, much more accessible than Borges. i recommend dance with snakes or senselessness (if you really want to read something our of a nightmare).

He is Salvadoran, part of a post-dark decade latin american generation of writers.

>>9053925

Marquez is pretty good but not as good as he's made out to be IMO (although I read in English so it's very possible that the translation robbed him of his magic

>endulging in pain

But that's simple though. Just sit still for a couple of months.

It's called hedonism.

>>9053909
Nietzsche and crusades christianism tbqhwy.

Dude, I don't know, but frankly I've read through enough Jewish male protagonists for this half of my life. I'll try it out 30 years from now, and tell you then.

>>9053847
holy fuck. are you people this retarded. sorry for posting this yesterday and you idiots taking it for some kind of meme. it's not a meme. it's just a funny story. read it. note to self, never post a book outside of /lits stupid ass charts.

>>9053847
so good I cant find it in any store in this state.

>>9053803
Nigga just use your brain

>>9053890
This lol

>>9053803

Doesn't the very first line explain the theme?

You can finish it instead of watching three episodes of little witch academia. Just do it.

>hasn't read all of Hemingway's bibliography

>>9053792
It's a fucking amazing little book.

poo fetish is damaging imo

A writer without other hobbies is a shit writer.

Indie Music

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Imagine the best qualities of the King James, and NRSV rolled into one with a dash of Homeric vernacular

>>9053765
KJV is essential for literature and most artistic understandings of the Bible. I don't know about the NSRV specifically, but if you're reading for accuracy or for religious studies in general, that's probably the way to go.

original greek and hebrew.

Dunno can't read Japanese

>>9053739
this

>>9053732
I haven't read much, just a few books by Akutagawa, Mishima, Kawabata, Abe, and also some poetry. What really put me off was their unhealthy obsession about sensuality and sadness. My theory is that, by simulating strong human emotions in their literature, the japs try to make up for the fact that they, being the soulless drones they are, actually have no feelings or empathy.

>>9053665
LMAO DID YOU JUST SEARCH NIETZSCHE IMAGES IN GOOGLE AND THEN CHOOSE THE MOST BAITY ONE LOL

>>9053669
yeah p much
but its not bait im just retardedly brainstorming

>>9053665
lol nietzche was a dicklet

idk why niggas like Hopper so much. murkas must be starved for an average painting

>>9053634
gotta be a burger to understand the citysad we have here

its gotta be the McChicken

I can mostly relate. I am somebody who definitely thinks with imagery, but they aren’t clear images. Blurry, and usually beyond my control. When I read, I get little to know visualisation. When I write, though, I see a lot. In fact, my method of writing is usually to follow my imagination.

I find that I have to consciously attempt to visualize scenes, or else I will just see the words. It doesn't help when you read in a crowded place with things going on, which is what I usually do. In those situations you're more present of your surroundings and it's harder to remove yourself from reality and picture a scene.

>>9053620
Me. My imagination is nil and I at best get small snapshot images of scenes that might be slightly discolored.

I think it might be insomnia and crappy diet causing long term brain fog though

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>>9053569
Reading the Bible to appreciate western literature is like reading Homer to appreciate Joyce. It is outright madness. Reading Joyce and western literature is fine, but to read such ancient works that have proven the better against thousands of years merely as a to appreciate a novel you are curious about is proof in itself that you have a problem in your faculty of appreciation. Which is what you should work on, instead of finding references in Ulysses or whatever.

>>9054170
Except you do have to read homer to appreciate Joyce.

Is this bait

>>9054173
if you seriously think you couldn't have appreciated joyce without homer you need to just off yourself right here and now