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I just can't imagine him happy, I just can't. Help me /lit/
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>>8212669
What's keeping you from doing it?
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>>8212681
I don't what happiness is. I'd say I never felt it, but, I think I did, it was some short burst of hormons. Like an ejaculation. Gone before I even realised what it was.
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>>8212705
You're unable to tell when you're ejaculating?
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Would you consider yourself one?
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>>8212628
no, but i was definitely born to be wild.
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>>8212634
kek
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>>8212628
no I'm not a beta
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Please recommend me some good books from eastern Europe, that aren't about politics, communism, poverty or ww2.
Thanks
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>>8212609
read hrabal
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>>8212609
Read Urmuz. Silly and fun, yet somewhat disturbing surreal pieces. Very short, too, so if you don't like it you won't waste too much time.
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>>8212658
>not about politics
They're nowhere near as groundless as you'd think, but yeah that doesn't really matter anymore
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Does /lit/ still fall for plot twists? After being immersed in the culture of today spotting plot twists have become pretty second nature to me, and it has ruined the reading of a shit ton of books because of it.
1984 - Could barely finish it because the plot twist was so obvious and predictable. (It's not the books fault, it was of course published at a time before we hit the "plot twist around every corner mark")
Not only that, having predictable plot twists has just made authors do "extreme" plot twists, I.E. Game of Thrones...
What do you think? Has culture (or I guess reading in general) made you tired of plot twists or do you still find yourself surprised sometimes?
Would say, "Hey recommend your favorite books with a plot twist", but that would defeat the purpose of the book having a plot twist.
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Well, I have fallen for one twist recently, but it wasn't just a plot twist, it was also a philosophical realization, total mood change etc.
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>image macro
>1984
>Game of Plebs
>a thread about something as banal as "plot twists"
>>>/v/
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>>8212605
wtf is the plot twist in 1984
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A very good friend just gave me this book as a birthday present.
What is he trying to imply?
(I have not read it yet.)
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>>8212593
A friend of mine is part of his family. I think he's even mentioned in the book. The whole family hates Karl Ove.
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He has struggles going to the bathroom as you see in the cover
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>>8212619
That's only in book 3 I think.
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My little brother is an autist. He has a tumor in his head, and it's incurable. Please anons, help me help myself. If you know any books that could give me insight or knowledge on how to cooperate with him and make it work for both of us, to escape the nightmare of misunderstanding and despair - recommend them. I search for books myself, but I know that asking you will speed up the process. I'm grateful in advance.
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I actually don't know any kind of books that can help you. But I've heard about a book called "The Novel Cure", by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin: it's a summary of books, ordered by the bad thing they can deal with. Hope I was helpful with this
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>>8212569
I will correct myself: a summary of "book titles"
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>>8212572
Thank you. There are a lot of books on autism, but they all tend to be very specific, especially concerning the age of a child. My brother is 13 now, and it seems that only books dealing with teenagers will have any practical effect.
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Let's talk about Ugo Foscolo
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He once beat his wife's father with a mallet.
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He was tone deaf. Really tone deaf. He was booed at a bar when he tried singing a shanty.
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>>8212548
Did he do it while screaming "Words cannot express how much I hate France right now"?
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How do you read and how fucked up your posture is?
I must stand to avoid neck pain. Can you put the book at the table, sit in the chair and read for more than 5 minutes without áin?
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Yeah I can go for ages like that. The one that kills me is lying on my tummy propped up on my elbows for hours and my lower back hurts so much I think I'll need a wheelchair
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Posture is great because I stretch properly before and after computer time.
When I read, I either read in my bed or in my armchair. I never have any pain in those positions, anywhere else though is bad after an hour.
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>>8212423
>in my bed
How? Do you just lay back on the wall or do you hold the book while you lay down? If I do this my hands become numb after a while.
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>all my screenplay ideas devolve into a Pygmalion-esque self-insert fantasy where the protag kidnaps a pretty girl and reprograms her to be intelligent and interesting
Fuck--who else is creatively bankrupt here?
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this is pathetic, kys
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>>8212389
idk if that's creative bankruptcy so much as it is codependency or some other more sinister obsession. Maybe you just need some fresh air.
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Should one read Faust before reading The Master and Margarita? 2016-06-27 08:26:23 Post No.8212341
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Should one read Faust before reading The Master and Margarita?
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I'm going on holiday and have been considering taking The Master and Margarita with me, but I haven't read Faust yet.
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have you learned russian and german first?
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>>8212350
I know some german and my native language is slavic, but I guess my answer is no. Why?
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>>8212352
Because he loves the smell of his own farts
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Is Cormac McCarthy actually worth reading? Or just another best-seller author?
I noticed a few of his novels were adapted into very respectable films. Harold Bloom even topped him with Pynchon as one of the best living american writers.
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>>8212338
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
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>>8212338
If you have to know, you'll never ask.
Hello, I am in need of some extremely comfy literature that I can read while in bed or while taking a steamy bath or while sitting in the kitchen with coffee on a grey, rainy day.
Preferably fiction, but comfy philosophy etc. also welcome.
I'll begin with pic related.
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halfway through Eco's Name of the Rose and it seems absolutely cozy
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Do you read short story collections in order? I usually jump around
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i mean it can be interesting to read in chronological order to be able to really see the progression of style/themes but it's not like there's a prescribed order for these things who cares
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Yes, because the assumption is usually that they were arranged into the order they appear in for a specific reason.
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In order because I have a rigid view of correct behavior according to one of my therapists.
Has anyone read the both the original and the revised editions? Are there substantial differences? Which ones better?
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>>8212237
'tis but a meme, opie
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>>8212237
>putting this much effort into reading memmmmmmmmmmmmingway
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>>8214059
This board is starting to become /tv/, I swear.
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What is the best introductory text on art history? Thinking about pic related.
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Fart History
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>>8212224
start with the greeks
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>>8212224
look for a translation of this:Knaurs Stilkunde Band I