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Go for the gold OP, dive into Magic Mountain.

The one you want to read.

JUST DO IT.

>muh culture

Here in Russia intellectuals see him as a joke.

>>8194098
Yeah, I might be on board with him if the culture for which he advocated were intelligent. Like so many others before him, he can identify the flaws of modernity, liberalism, capitalism, etc., but he cannot provide an adequate prescription for its replacement. In fact, his alternatives are even worse than what we've got.

literally who

>>8193950
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>>8193950

The sophist.

Polyphonic bump.

Hey! Don't turn this into a monolog!

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oh my god I fucking love this thread

>>8193557
Where's the Bible? It should definitely be like top 3 combined, in terms of sales

>>8193589
No exact figures, apparently.

>>8193589
it might not count as 'single volume'

93%

whoops didnt mean to say american

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>>8193508
>4/10 is Ayn

It's 99.9% flawless. Orwell should be #3, tho

I'm interested

Me too, I never participated in one of those so how does the schedule works?

haven't we done this before

are you that guy from st johns?

>>8193272
What part, the crystal clear English translation, the well crafted, structured plot, or the amusing and unique characters?

>>8193272
Reading isnt for you, my man

Then don't read it ever again. Just stop reading in general. Bulgakov is a Fucking legend you, on the other hand, are a pleb.

>>8193221
I've had this out of the library for the longest time but never even cracked it. Ironically I had to decide today whether to renew or return; I opted to renew. I hope I can start it eventually.

One reason I delayed starting was that I tend to confuse Brian Evenson and Steve Erickson.

>Brian Evenson's fifth story collection constructs a human landscape as unearthly as it is mundane. Replete with the brutality, primordial waste, and savage blankness familiar to readers of his earlier works, Evenson's Kafkaesque allegories entice the mind while stubbornly disordering it. In the title story an obsessive consciousness folds back on itself, creating a vertiginous mélange of Poe and Borges, both horrific and metaphysical.

These claims are too bold for a writer to ever live up to them.

>>8193221
I'll check it out, thanks

>>8193326
It's just a shill, I'm not expecting an amalgamation of Kafka, Poe, and JLB, but I love those guys so maybe I'll find something likeable about this

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Today I will remind then.


15 and/or 21 days until The Great Ordeal

>tfw there are turboplebs in this thread that read anything newer than Orlando Furioso

Reactionary / regressive fantasy?

Consumer guilt
Buyer's remorse

Yup. I feel the same way. I've purchased used books, taken some from the library (and checked some out), and none of them compare to reading a new book I've purchased. It's probably a bit childish, but oh well. Might have to do with some engrained capatilistic mentality. Or maybe it's something more simple. Just the knowledge that the book is really YOURS makes you want to read it more. But maybe that's the same thing (property, etc). Maybe it has something to do with value; "I spent good money on this, so I'm sure as fuck going to enjoy it."

It's a lot like having sex with women, actually. Banging some loose chick isn't nearly as satisfying as a taking someone's virginity. It's more "special". Hell, I mean we fetishize virgins. And I'm not saying certain people don't prefer women (or men) who sleep around. Of course that's a thing too.

I'm rambling. But that's what I've got.

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>>8192516
>mfw from now on when i read a used book i'm going to feel like im fucking a dirty whore

thanks anon... thanks

>>8192137
Can you really be called a shitposter if you wipe every time?

I can tell you, college makes it less work. Having a guy explain it to you as your reading it is a major plus.
Just jumping into philosophy feels like learning a new language unless you are really fucking smart.

You can only understand it if you vote leave and read Kierkegaard

strong female protagonists are easy to pick out because the feminists will call them "women hating"

>>8192120
>It seems like any time I see a strong female protagonist she will be accused of being those other two things.

Further proof that the Patriarchy still rules in 2016.

You know strong women, like real life strong-willed women?

Like that.

>>8192068
Never read it (don't go near French pseuds) but I have masturbated to a picture of her ass before

Hope that helps

>>8192068
I really like The Second Sex. I like that she implicates women in her critique and holds them accountable while also shedding light on the evils of patriarchy.

>>8192085
Unless you want to be a sexist pig you MUST masturbate to a picture of JP Sartre now. No excuses.

I mean, he's pretty much the best living short story writer we have, but the amount of MFA students that want to be him is frankly annoying.

>>8191894
Love him. At the same time, I consider him a bit overrated. The amount of attention he receives versus other great contemporary short story writers is pretty crazy.

>>8191929

who are some other short story writers that you would recommend?