What is the best translation of this novel?
I found pic related for a couple of bucks.
>>8839056
even the title is translated wrongly.
[this is now black] it's demons. [this black]
That's a good translation.
Another good option is David Magarshack.
>>8839399
my gal Garnett is good as well
>tfw rejected for publication again
>tfw this thread again
Maybe they are trying to tell you something by doing this.
>>8838979
don't worry m8, it's because you're a white male, see >>8839079
fuck those sjw cunts
Hopefully we can indulge in a very thorough and intelligent conversation about Silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris. Viewing the psychological state of Hannibal Lector, and Buffalo Bill. I recently rewatched the movie and would love to hear some of the opinions on /lit/ about the characters' psychi and thoughts.
>>8838958
The movie is an all time classic, the book is hack thriller fodder, neither good nor bad, and is only exception in the authors character of Hannibal lector, who is compelling in both mediums.
Red dragon was a somewhat better book, his best desu, but Hannibal and Hannibal rising are drek Cash-ins.
If you liked it try reading the stranger beside me, helter skelter, Zodiac, Night stalker, and of course in cold blood, which is the best of the killer medium.
>>8839015
I would love to check out those books, thank you anon so much. I love all these serial killer books especially the gruesome ones.
Red Dragon is a masterful psychological thriller. Don't think I've ever gotten in the mind of a villain that well before; you really sympathize.
Silence of the Lambs is not as good but worth a read; it's too dispersed to unravel a single character's mind.
What does /lit/ think of Fraud?
>>8838943
*Freud
>>8838943
>Fraud
just about sums it up i reckon
>>8838946
I think you were quite right the first time.
ITT: We create Author Bingo Cards, and also play bingo with their novels on said Author's card.
Here's a Nabokov one I made:
>>8838900
And here's the template
>>8838900
Last example, here's the bingo for Ada, or Ardor
>>8838917
>he didn't get the last chapter
magnum opi
*ulysses falls out of james joyce's pcoket*
whoops lol i dropped my MAGNUM OPUS for my MAGNUM OEUVRE
Have books actually made an intellectual impact on you?
It feels like 90% of college kids who go on a mission to learn from classic literature begin a pompous nihilist and remain a pompous nihilist
>>8838838
t.brainlet who doesn't read
>>8838838
I started as a pompous nihilist. Now im a regular nihilist who doesnt dwell on it very much. Quality of life has risen.
thanx books
>>8838878
np buddy
I'm very interested in Heidegger. I've read about his philosophy in other books which mention it in a casual way, or to make a contrast between other modes of thought.
What are some essential works to read before reading Being and Time?
How familiar are you with german philosophy? I'd recommend being at least somewhat familiar with the ideas of Husserl, Hegel, Schelling, Kant, Nietzsche, and Aristotle, but it's not like you need to have read the entirety of each of their books to get a feel for Being and Time, as the latter is fairly self-enclosed as far as philosophy works go. Just get a feeling for the groundwork of phenomenological thought prior to Heidegger, Husserl in particular but also Kant and Hegel for an understanding of idealism and the idea of noumena that Heidegger was trying to jettison himself from
The other important one you need is Descartes because the whole shit about 'dasein' is so Heidegger doesn't have to deal with problems re: Cartesian "subjects"
>>8838806
this is a pretty good list.
seriously OP. just crack open being and time and see if you understand it. youre probably not going to. thats ok. keep reading the prerequisite material until it kind of makes sense.
NO ONE WILL PUBLISH MY STORIES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Cum on bro, step it bro
is meme fanfic really not a expanding genre?
Keep at it, anon-kun.
Keep writing I mean, don't just keep sending the same stories.
Sup, niggas.
Thought I should let you know a newly translated Kobo Abe novel is coming out in May, 2017.
Peace.
Damn what's it about? I only read Woman in the Dunes Box Man and Kangaroo Notebook so far my dood will I like it?
I've read his plays and I'd love to give my money to such a mad man of literature which will hopefully result in more translations.
>>8838772
well, he won't get any of it (being dead and all), but you're probably right about the translations
Any books to cure the soul?
Western Canon
>>8838738
THE REDPILL
>>8838738
>having a soul
Just finished this book. Such a great conclusion for this long story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-kpytNA-0
You mean this book?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOyUBtJFJvk
Does anyone post anything here other than reading lists and stuff taken off wikipedia?
Metaposting
>>8838696
Well?
>>8838696
I tried doing this about two years ago but it took maybe half an hour to compose a single post and I'd get 4 replies.
Can crazy people write books or is in the privilege of painting? And by crazy I dont mean formerly-crazy but actually crazy in-the-moment.
>>8838648
*is it
To write you only need to have something to write about and talent
Everything else is irrelevant
I recently noticed that even the writers known as introverts such as Kafka, Proust, Faulkner etc. had lots of friends and social interaction and basically met new people all the time. After this realization it became more apparent to me why all my writings circle about my own character and memories which, regardless of style and construction, will just bore people. I'm reading Rilke at the moment and he advises aspiring poets to reach into their deepest inner feelings. But isolating myself emotionally just makes my writing a dizzying, mind-numbing exercise. I guess there's no passion without empathy. Basically, how does anyone make interesting friends? Where does real inspiration come from? Would be really interesting to know if anyone on here has made any experience with this kind of problem, /r9k/ virgins please don't apply.
>>8838640
Go back to /r9k/, you autistic anime-watching friendless loser
>>8838650
/thread
>read ardiente paciencia/watch il postino
>become/befriend postman in fundamental misunderstanding of the text
>???
>profit