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>>8975450
the Incandenza

>>8975452
OP said literature. DFW wrote mere books.

>The Sutpens
>The Bundrens

guess a library suits you fine then

>>8975396
my library sucks. it's full of worthless menopauserotica. what's worse than poverty is destitution of the mind.

Women are a worthless gender.

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plox

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posting for interest

>>8975334
what kind of artist?

>Another white man getting published

Colour me surprised.

They actually re-released this book around 2002 and were pushing it pretty hard at B&N and Borders, since everyone thought the parallels to post-9/11 Bush were obvious.

I read it back then, and Lewis is one of my favorite writers, but the book is a hypothetical from the 30's and doesn't quite capture anything that could or would happen, now.

I'm not saying the US would never be authoritarian, but the method by which it slowly happens isn't described in Lewis's book.

When does the sixth Knausgaard book come out

>>8975184
So, are you just starting threads to be an asshole?

>>8975206
what? this is the first /lit/ thread I've started in over a year.

it seems like it would be a fun discussion. How am i being an asshole?

my diary desu

How is it possible for a post to be this bait

How did that 'se' get in there?

>>8975125
apparently he had a hell of a time getting the damn thing published, so yeah, not easy.

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Is your mother obese? don't fight it, anon

>>8975077
write about feet people

just don't describe your characters in that much detail and the reader will imagine their preferred body type

social justice backlash averted

I wouldn't say terrible, he's not.
He makes up for it with how he emotes though.

>>8975065
I feel like every lyric is okay but could have been better if he bothered revising.

>>8975065
yes. he's also a terrible physicist.

>>8975064
he meant that human suffering deserves more respect than the human, that's why he bows down to human suffering and not to the human

Sonya suffers for everyone in a selfless, obedient Christian way. The exact opposite of Raskolonikov. He's in love with her

I feel you Rodya ;_;

me

>>8975035
Delillo, even though Gass is better

Bloated is a terrible condition.

>>8975646
It's following the book. You can check the table of contents on the bookdepository link, or download the epub in the mega folder.

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Why is this group not doing better? Poorly choice of stories? I really liked Bartleby, Death of Ivan Ilyich, and The Man Who Would Be King. A lot of people seemed to like Bartleby at least.

Was it because Death of Ivan Ilyich was too long? Did that kill the group?

Is it because people don't feel committed to the group, whereas with the W&P/COMC everyone feels like they are part of the group?

Are short stories just not /lit/ reading group material?

Is there anything I can do to improve the group?

I wasn't very sure where this story was going at first. I was convinced that it was going to turn out as some sort of Lovecraftian horror where the protagonist gets sucked into the wallpaper with all the other "women" who were trapped inside. But it was clear what the story was about by the end.

I feel that Gilman was going for a satire of subservient women, while attacking the methods physicians used to cure depression (?). This was mainly achieved through excessive use of exclamation marks, very short paragraphs and the character's submissive nature to her husband despite being tormented by her solitude.

Confined in the nursery and restricted from writing or any activity, the depressed protagonist turns to her imagination to entertain herself. Eventually this causes her mental health to deteriorate even further and causes her spiral into madness.

From Wikipedia:

>Gilman explained that the idea for the story originated in her own experience as a patient: "the real purpose of the story was to reach Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, and convince him of the error of his ways".[7] She had suffered years of depression and consulted a well-known specialist physician who prescribed a "rest cure" which required her to "live as domestic a life as possible". She was forbidden to touch pen, pencil, or brush, and was allowed only two hours of mental stimulation a day.

I prefer to view it as not so much an attack on 'the patriarchy' as an attack on shitty physicians like the protagonist's husband. Anyone can attest that a lack of mental stimulation causes the mind to wander in its boredom.

>>8975998
Bad timezone, I think.

I suggest skipping the next story. I read ahead and it might be one of the worst short stories I've ever read. About half of it is exposition, the characters are written ridiculously and the ending is complete nonsense.

>>8975019
proof i have attraction

>>8975019
he justified it in the story

he loved a girl who died before reaching her teens and he could never forget her so he projected what he desired but could never have onto Lo

Show them that pic

>>8975018
P&V

Maude, especially in revised form.

They knew Tolstoy, and Tolstoy said they were the best translators an author could ask for.

Maudes or Garnett.

>>8974941
unhealthy doses of caffeine

>>8974941
p. much caffeine.
also occasionally gecko bilboa

how do you read with caffeine? I get too wired to focus

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Enrique Iglesias.

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*smokes pipe

>>8974934
Not that.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497