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Antoine de Saint Exuperys series of flight books has little dialogue

J R would be a nice change of pace

>>7983195
:D

>>7983064
>I will not become a moral person from reading Kant
Wow so profound too bad no philosophers ever realized that checkmate feelfags

Alright Spongebob

That's your problem, dude.

this must be why people are libertarians

I am a liberal. I am an intellectual and well read.

>>7983038
you can be on the right, you just have to be good at it
it's true that you can get away with being an idiot on the left a lot easier because it's assumed at least your "heart is in the right place", but that doesn't mean you can't be on the right
read more, become more nuanced, less of a stodgy cunt; you'll be fine (if you're intelligent enough, anyway)

>>7983019
are you talking as someone from the time that the book was written
or are you commenting on the mental leap one needs to undergo before being worthy of the second chapter
please forgive me for I am dumb and uneducated.

>finish a chapter of Dickens
>have to wait 1 month before reading the next part

>>7983063
If you're not reading in the original language and replicating the exact historical settings (social, political, everything) in which the book was originally published then you're not gonna get it. Basically, to be a good reader you must be a method actor.

playz r 4 gayz

Because we only talk about contemporary American literarue? It isn't DFW, Gass, McElroy or Pynchon? We will never discuss it.

Because it's a dead medium

>>7982937
if you dont understand then just keep going though the book,when your finished reading, read it again. if you still dont get it, read it again. Rinse and repeat until you get it, go as slow or as fast as you need and reread a chapter if you couldnt understand it

>I really enjoyed The Kingkiller Chronicles though
Relevance?

Write down the names of characters with the page they're introduced in if you can't keep track from memory. It's not necessary and you can go through it fine without even understanding much of who does what for the first half but if it makes you feel better...

>>7982978
Oh, just wanted to mention that I could follow that book, which is why I'm on lookout for something new. In the end it doesnt matter I guess.

I see, I'm at about 44% of the book. Its kind of hard to enjoy it when I get lost so easily..

Thanks for the tips though.

>>7982931
>for me,
theres your answer. not everyone is like you.

>>7982931
some people just dont have time for that. why waste time going through slime when you have the fair people of /lit/ to feed you suggestions

idk about other people but I've always had a strong impulse that when I get interested in an art form, I need to get familiar with ALL the essential works/artists before I can start forging my own path. But that doesn't really work out, and I end up enjoying myself more if I just follow my interests where they lead.

I like Ulysses. But this seems similar, though the aesthetic is tackier. Ulysses is $50 though. I also use ommwriter on occasion to bang out a stretch of text and MS Word for shorter work.
Celtx for screenplays, MS Word or Celtx for plays

>>7982849
There's a MacOS/Windows writing tool, it went on sale months ago. It looked good and had good reviews.

Can't remember what it was but it let you do characters, storyboards, and allows you to easily organize chapters.

>>7982849
Looks kind of cool.

I'm downloading the demo now.

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I think you got a good point, anon.

>>7982806
Thanks, I guess. What was your experience reading it? What stood out the most?

>>7982796
I need to reread this. Strange book. Ersatz elegiac epiphanies

>>7982775

He stood and he walked to the ocean’s Great Gate
Where the Sea and the Sky meet in colors of slate.
And cursed the God he did not believe,
As he passed back and forth at the end of the eve.

But lo, in the West there came a strange thing
A crisp, sharp, clean breeze like the birth of Bright Spring.
That passed to and fro through the Oak and the Ash
And rolled that old log off the cliff with a splash
And the current took the wood, far out to sea
Where it roams with the Dutchman, endlessly.

And from now the East; gold in the sky!
Apollo was up and flaming on high.
Bright colors and bold he seemed to yell,
“Today is a day not meant for Hell.”

He saw bright water evenly full
Moving and groaning like a young Spanish bull.
For each strand of light hit each rising hill
And fell on those cliffs like a shark on it’s kill.

And the spray rose up and hit his chin,
But salt was already thick on that skin.
For tears, like torrents, came falling fast,
And he cried, but as now for this, not his last.

With hue upon hue and light upon light,
He honestly doubted the existence of night.

And he laughed and he breathed as he turned around slow
And walked away from that beauteous flow.
With light wind in his face and a sun warmed back
He walked to the path and picked up his sack.

As he strode to where the rock met dirt
And he knew he was glad that he was not hurt.
He never looked back as he walked through the wood
And took the road less traveled as he knew he should.

The gust from the West and light Orient
Should remind us all of gifts nevr’ spent.
And a better man said
And he said what he meant,

“Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.”

it's not terrible but it's not good.

super cliche and derivative. work on your imagery and avoid using tired cliches, and vary up the prosody a bit so it doesn't sound like a sing song rhyme.

it's /imanedgyteenandthisisdeep/ tier, sorry.

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>>7982775
No discernible talent

>>7982770
No, I never read it. Why don't you tell us a little bit about what you thought were the faulty parts, OP?

>>7982773
It's worth the read man, his prose is a great match for the tone and plot, that epitome of magical realism that reads like a dream.

It follows the story of the Buendia family in Colombi over the course of seven generations, and their history parallels a lot of Colombian history and in many ways reflects pan latinamerican history as well.

There's not much wrong with it from my view, but sometimes he mixes up love and lust, especially in one last part near the end. There's really so much happening in the book though that it's hard to pinpoint every critique.

Overall a great book and certainly one of the twentieth century's best, I do believe it deserves most of the praise it gets. Check it out anon.

>>7982770
Did you read it on the original language?

It's short, give it a read and find out for yourself.

Because Dosto is the man and it's really good and short.

I'm reading it now just finished chapter one

>>7982750
A foucaultian analysis of Macbeth.
Just did it, it's not that hard and it's interesting.

>>7982750
the cuckization of american male youth: revisited

>>7982750
Any more information? Class it's for at least?

>>7982744
you're a gay scientist if you are a scientist and also have sex with men

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>>7982746
lmao

good post my friend

>>7982746
no, he's a gay scientist if he's a scientist and is also happy :)

>>7982729
you

>>7982735
Aw, now come on desu

She wants to be pregnant because her life is still born ?