Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 3805. page

>>8051168
it probably depends on whether you can read french or not

>>8051194
Even for a french native Proust can get challenging. You better know what you're doing op.

>>8051225
t. anon that heard about this somewhere but never actually read proust

>>8051071
>>>/a/

>>8051071
welcome to the nhk

I think you're referring to "No Longer Human" by Osamu Dazai.

>>8050964
is it fiction or non-fiction?
are you ideas retarded or not?

you won't know if your ideas are retarded until you tell someone else about them.

>>8050991
>is it fiction or non-fiction?
Non-fiction.

Somehow retarded, I guess. 90% of my ideas are gladly accepted, but the other 10% seems pretty much "politically incorrect", or would stir too much shit.

>>8051021
I mean basically what you're saying is that 90% of the book is common opinion among people and 10% of your book will get your ostracized for your backwards beliefs.

To top it off it's non-fiction (and I'm guessing it's not a non-fiction novel but some sort of general self-help/philosophy type manual) so it's not like your gonna capture the casual reader.

My advice is either shape your ideas into allegories for a fiction novel or hang it up.

The Complete Manual of Suicide
Book by Wataru Tsurumi

None if your IQ is over 100, desu

Introduction to Cuckolding: The Thinking Man's Fetish

>>8050904
It's brought me closer to the weird and lonely type of people who tend to read difficult avant garde literature and alienated me from basically everyone else

>>8050904
It definitely isolated me from people

I want to look deeply in the eyes of my /biz/ classmates and ask them how much Camus has hurt them.

>>8050904

Does feeling close to the authors count?

Thanks OP! Here's a few I enjoy:

Good People by David Foster Wallace
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/05/good-people

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
http://multivax.com/last_question.html

A collection of Kafka's short stories
http://franzkafkastories.com/shortStories.php

"--And the Moon be Still as Bright" (From The Martian Chronicles) by Ray Bradbury
http://genius.com/Ray-bradbury-june-2001-and-the-moon-be-still-as-bright-annotated

Good old Neon by David Foster Wallace
https://stanford.edu/~sdmiller/octo/files/no_google2/GoodOldNeon.pdf

>>8050888
OP here, these will be my first foray into DFW. They a good representation?

>>8050897
Depending on who you'd ask. I'd start with Good People first. Work through some of his essays and short stories. You'll get a feeling for his writing style and the paths he goes down (intellectually)

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf

Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobster.html

Forever Overhead by David Foster Wallace
https://welcometotheloonybin.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/forever-overhead/

Save Good Old Neon until after you've read a bit of his stuff.

>>8050794
>sticking your sword in the ground

great way to dull the point of the blade and make it less effective in battle

>>8050823
>implying you need a shiny new sword to cut up and pummel peasant fags fighting with rocks and sticks

>>8050836
you don't need it to be shiny and new but you do need it to be sharp. when you stab your sword into the ground you really have no idea what you're thrusting your blade into, and there's a good chance you will not only dull the point (the most important part to keep sharp) but possibly chip the blade as well.

also, if you are walking around in a suit of mail you probably expect more resistance than "peasants with rocks and sticks".

the point is that it's needless abuse of the sword, and nobody really does it outside of hollywood movies.

>>8050775
read more of John Williams' work

>>8050775
>inb4 someone posts the /lit/ exitcore chart. just because all the books there are sad does not necessarily mean it's similar

Then, why don't you be more specific about what "theme" you want? You're the one soliciting for recommendations, so you would do good to better describe what you're looking for.

>>8050775
check out Oblomov and Notes from Underground

>>8050745
Proust.

No.

>>8050745
Depends on your criteria. I think you can legitimately argue both ways.

Probably not.

I think Stendhal and maybe Zola can be included?

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>>8050732
>freelance creative writing

>>8050732
There's plenty of work if you're willing to do blogs for lawyers, real estate sites, and stupid listicles, but freelance CW doesn't exist.

You can try porn or contests, but it's a slog to make a living in those arenas.

>>8050747
Well, can you think of a better job for a NEET working on his masterpiece?

I doubt you forget everything. You would just need engagement or some form of reference to trigger remembrance. Stop perpetuating this meme.

>>8050523
not a month but yes

Yes. But fiction is meant to be enjoyed, not necessarily remembered. Re-reading books after a few years is good practice, you'll notice different things and you'll be different yourself

>>8050451
infinite jest

>>8050451
Donald Ray Pollock's story "Discipline."

>>8050451
The great prose stylist Rippetoe's classic book Starting Strength.

>>8050437
That's Rand you're thinking of

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>>8050437
Is Paul the biggest Christfag of them all?

Fedora nature is a spook. Under each hat is an individual.

>>8050405
wardine be cry

>>8050405

Good old Lyle, floating, looking on
He's part of every story Wallace wrote
Of love and loss and disconnected life
Suspended, energy to spark the gap
To match the coming storm, yet dissipate

He's comic relief

the disaster artist

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>>8050397

>>8050397
It's been 6 years, re-read catch 22