>Loved it
>Gave it to my Black friends who doesn't read.
>They hated it for it. Why don't they read more?
WTF is a good White man is suppose to do?
Why would you give a book to someone who doesn't read?
Let them cadoodle your wife.
>>8707471
I'm an educated Black man, I've read this book and I hate it because it's is so disconnected from what Black intellectuals experience in American society. It's definitely a singular experience that he (Obama) want us to believe is achievable by all Black people.
Now that the dust has settled, who was the superior one?
>>8707426
How is Bolaño comparable to the other two? Not trolling, I'm a bit into Savage Detectives right now and don't understand how he can be compared to Borges. I haven't read any Cortazar though.
>>8707439
It's not just this shit thread, on the other Bolaño thread someone also claims that he's similar to Borges.
>>8707432
2666 is very good, in the original spanish it's better than the english version.Borges is very nice to read in english.
Who here's read it yet? I got memed into buying it, about halfway through now and loving it.
I read it the other day. I was expecting it to read like Molly's soliloquy due to the one sentence structure. Ended up just feeling like he replaces what could of been periods with comma's. Still a charming little story nonetheless but overpriced for sure.
>>8707401
So what's the difference between this and House of Leaves? Orthographic gimmicks are the trademarks of pseuds e.g. ee cummings, Jonathan Safran Foer, bell hooks
>>8707499
ee is a great poet
i mean great as both extremely good and hugely important
Name a living Catholic poet whom you admire.
I can't name a poet or catholic or living person I admire.
>>8707226
Do you admire any objects or non-human entities or ideas then? Name one.
Cormac McCarthy
I want to read some really fucking disturbing books
Any recommendations?I'm a newfag in /lit/ but love disturbing or horror shit
>>8707200
find horror in the senselessness of your existence
>>8707200
Do you want tiresome edgy stuff or disturbing literature? Take Stephen king or ligotti as the former and kafka as the latter
>>8707200
Moravagine
Are there any books or other media sources that studies groups like atheists, feminists and others that find a sort of similarity between them, like how atheists believe religion is the biggest source of wrong in the world while the feminists believe the patriarchy is to blame.
Something like pic related.
>>8707121
The Bible, literally, d e s u
>>8707131
What? You gotta be joking.
>>8707134
Noted, will put on reading list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjOTBaqNyCM
I took up Jane Austen just because of this vid.
A crackhead told me to read Illuminatus
Took Gravity's rainbow out of the library when I was 13 cos of the Klaxons song named after it
I read Ulysses after talking to a QT about IJ and she said Ulysses made her wet
How do I read an entire book in 1 day?
By picking a short book
>>8706983
I just spent 30 minutes messing around with this on a textbook i wanted to read. I started at 600 wpm for a couple sections and then jumped to 900 just now.
It sort of gives me a headache.
>>8706962
Only read short books.
Is he the most /lit/ of all time?
The Smiths is pretty /lit/ to be completely honest here.
>>8706659
He's an insufferable cunt. I like The Smiths as a band, just can't handle Moz on his own.
Anyone here read his one book? How is it?
>>8706561
Early Witty (Tractatus): meh
Late Witty (Untersuchungen): based
Ignore everything but the Philosophical Investigations.
I read his diary desu
Never posted here before
French is my first language but I live in an English-speaking city (Toronto) and my French is going to shit. The only french book store in the city closed down a few years ago. What are some good french books (aside from classics, read most of them)?
That's a very ample question, but check out Houellebecq.
>>8706527
Thanks, will do.
>>8706515
>(aside from classics, read most of them)
You make it sound like your idea of the classics is "voltaire, rousseau and montaigne" desu
Try Jonathan Littell, would seem appropriate
There is any point in writing if you now that you will never be able to produce a work that you consider good enough?
this man, in my country, he is everything.
how can you know that for sure, OP? what you consider good changes a lot throughout your life, man. don't give up.
>>8706315
to improve perhaps
>>8706315
1. Stop watching television. Instead, read as much as possible.
2. Prepare for more failure and criticism than you think you can deal with.
3. Don't waste time trying to please people.
4. Write primarily for yourself.
5. Tackle the things that are hardest to write.
6. When writing, disconnect from the rest of the world.
7. Don't be pretentious.
8. Avoid adverbs and long paragraphs.
9. Don't get overly caught up in grammar.
10. Master the art of description.
11. Don't give too much background information.
12. Tell stories about what people actually do.
13. Take risks; don't play it safe.
14. Realize that you don't need drugs to be a good writer.
15. Don't try to steal someone else's voice.
16. Understand that writing is a form of telepathy.
17. Take your writing seriously.
18. Write every single day.
19. Finish your first draft in three months.
20. When you're finished writing, take a long step back.
21. Have the guts to cut.
22. Stay married, be healthy, and live a good life.
More at http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-king-on-how-to-write-2014-8.
You're at a used bookstore or a library and you pick a random book off the self. After reading the first paragraph of the first chapter you put it back on the shelf.
What are a list of things you look for when reading this first paragraph? How do you judge that a book is bad? (If you know nothing about it, and Google ceases to be your friend).
Is the first paragraph still to little to judge the book?
Well, if it reads like a middle schooler's essay, I'd drop it.
You can also easily judge whether it's some genre fiction shite or not by reading the synopsis on the back.
Present tense
I only read books that are at least 100 years old. That way I know they've stood the test of time.
Are "moral" philosophers (concerned about virtues) like Seneca, still relevent?
>>8705663
Alasdair MacIntyre and David Oderberg my dude
>>8705663
*gun presses into your back* (masked man whispers) "sorry kid, nothing personal, give me your wallet"
No.
Hello /lit/
I'm making this thread with the sole intention to get my material out there, but encourage you guys to do the same.
https://beautifultrashsite.wordpress.com/
My blog. I'd be interested to see what you guys write about.
Cheers.
>>8705527
omg This is beautiful. It's like I'm reading a better articulating me, with friends.
>>8705527
Literally your diary desu
Why would you think anyone would care to read this
Also
>beautiful garbage
Could you be any less original
>>8705527
omg This is beautiful. It's like I'm reading a better articulating me, with friends.