Been reading some pretty good stuff recently, but it's all so depressing.
Rec me good books that are "happy" and not soul crushing.
>>8977820
Be happy that that worthless commie cuck is out of the white house, and now Trump will restore the US to its former glory as a white nation.
>>8977827
So I should read Art of the Deal?
>>8977820
Dickens or Austen
Hey /lit/. I come upon thee with a question.
In few months I'm defending my bachelor thesis, which is not yet specified in 100%. Nevertheless, I know what subject I'm leaning towards: alcohol. Discourse of drunk people in books, specifically.
So I have a question for you, which would be a great help for a random guy from the other end of the world, from Poland, who haven't read many foreign books for children and youth (mostly Polish ones):
Do you know any books for children/youth, which would include a character being at some point drunk, and the author uses stylistic means to convey this (which would differ from their non-toxicated speech)? Like, many repetitions, contradicting parts of words, stuttering, missing letters, anything?
I want to analyze those means authors use and then compare with Polish translations and translators' means.
So far I only looked into Harry Potter, when in HP6 Slughorn was drunk and talked to Harry about that one memory. Don't know where to look next.
Any ideas?
>>8977805
Wow that page is shocking, just another proof of how inferior women are the white men. Seriously, is the cunt really that dumb? Is she seriously so stupid to think that people talk like that when drunk?
Fuck, I hate women so much, their worthless
>>8977805
turgenev's singers has some drunks in it, not sure if there requires stuttering with a drunken person in primt. sometimes they tell you right out that the man is drunk, but change an aspect of his personality. what usually happens is that they are more willing to say things candidly. alcohol tends to remove inhibitions. there's also a portion of the enchanted wanderer where leskov gives an account of the perceptions of the drunken man.
also, i haven't read it, but moscow to the end of the line is purported to have heroic bouts of drinking. luckily all of these have translations so you can compare as you like.
>>8977805
oh, children's books. i am at a loss. forgive me for wasting your time.
How to write about deep shit without sounding pretentious or a pseudointellectual ?
Real question. I find if I write straight about something "deep", say death or some universal theme, I end up disgusted with myself and creating some kind of back door by making it satirical or apologetic. I'm fed up of meme-ing myself out of things, How to write with conviction?
How to do it without sounding like a tool in the process?
>>8977795
White men can write about these things authentically. It just comes to us through our higher brain functions
>>8977799
/thread
>>8977795
focus on honesty, and forget the rest
Hi /Lit/
Do you like to finish a single book and move on to another one? or do you jump back and forth between multiple books/stories?
which method do you prefer and why?
>>8977715
why would you read multiple books at once? what is the benefit?
>>8977715
I read a few books at once, of different styles mostly. Usually fic/non fic and either a harder read or something casual, whatever fits the best. 3~
I have like one I read at home and one as an e-book I read while i'm in the bus for example.
So what was Voltaire trying to say exactly?
he was just shitposting really
>>8977697
Life is a bitch
>>8977697
Fuck Leibniz.
I am not even kiddint.
How do you begin learning how to write lyrics for music?
I never knew Anthony Bourdain wrote music
>>8977631
That's Dustin Hoffman you fool.
>>8977617
start out with some oohs and oh yeahs then fill in around them
show me books that are cheap, comfy, and/or classic to get on my kindle bros
>>8977580
thepiratebay.org
>>8977580
>classic
Most things on Project Gutenberg
OH YEAH, MAKE ME SUFFER!!!!! SUFFERING IS SO USEFUL TO THE HUMAN RACE!!! MAKE ME SUFFER!!!! SUFFERING IS NECESSARY!!!
>>8977506
shitposting is a sadistic thing to do
>>8977506
>t. liberal idiot who hates whiteness and masculinity
>>8977506
If pleasure is derived from suffering then it is not a precondition to change for better though.
is there any genre worse than or even almost comparable to true crime
i just finished the gold standard and it was a piece of shit
pic related
>>8977493
He was gay, in fairness. Only read the straight white males.
>>8977509
>don't read Shakespeare
No. It doesn't get any worse than true crime.
Should I start writing my own book? I have a good imagination because Im mentally ill. Im not too good at writing creatively. Any tips for writing? Im thinking about a crime book
Read the genre a lot first. Build up your skill by writing short stories. Your first attempts will be garbage but keep going. If you manage to commit that far then by all means write a book.
>>8977423
>I have a good imagination because Im mentally ill
When will this meme stop?
>>8977423
do whatever the fuck you want.
tips for writing would include actually fucking writing. then read the garbage you wrote and rewrite. then read that pile of shit and rewrite. then read that absolute trash and rewrite. continue until you've written something good. most people are so scared of writing something bad they don't even write anything at all.
how do i into mao?
>>8977411
Be proud of whiteness and read non-leftist thought. I recommend 'On Women' by Arthur Schopenhauer
>>8977422
Why not just read all of Schopenhauer then move on the Nietzsche so you can realize just how much of a bitch you've been?
>>8977429
try the redpill, idiot
Friend asks what I've been reading.
I say Dostoevsky, it's actually good shit.
>oh anon, now you're just being pretentious xD
I don't get it, how can I be a snob when his work is in every fucking bookshop?
You're a snob unless you just say you're reading through Harry Potter for the 100th time.
>>8977373
get better friends
Because you're a dumb cunt and they can sense it.
What should I read next?
>book
grandiose term for a 60 page pamphlet methinks
The McDonalds menu.
>>8977338
Greatest book of our Generation!
whats some good high fantasy like lord of the rings type thing any one got any charts
pic un related unless you wanan turn this into a charts thread
>>8977316
Gormenghast, The Worm Ouroboros.
Tolkien did damage to fantasy.
>>8977321
thank you im going to checck out the worm ouroboros sounds good
>>8977321
What did he mean by this
Why do men disparage female authors, when writing in itself is an inherently effeminate and emasculating act?
>>8977315
I AM REDPILLED
I AM AGAINST WOMEN
THEY HAVE DESTROYED THE WEST
THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOT THE VOTE
THEY ARE INFERIOR
>>8977315
Why the sexist premise, anon? How did you come to believe that?
There's this board called /pol/. You should really check it out.