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What do you guys think of this book? I'm in about 1/3 and so far I really like it. I know McCarthy's style of writing is basically Hemingway's but I feel like it's more appropriate for his books.
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>"I know McCarthy's style of writing is basically Hemingway's"
You dun goofed
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>I know McCarthy's style of writing is basically Hemingway's
What the fuck?
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Favorite book of all time. Ultra fun. Ultra cool. Ultra violent. Ultra... literary??? Huh??? Yes. Even Harold Bloom recommends you read it. Be sure to bring a dictionary with you because Cormac's got a big vocabulary and he knows how to use it.
The Judge is the greatest villain of all time, with the most wicked lines uttered since Nolan's Joker. You're going to be quoting him for months after you finish the book.
Oh, and here's a little image I made <--- A tribute
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Opinion of Seamus Heaney?
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fucking /thread
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Amazing writer. One of our favorite poets. Wintering Out is our favorite work of his.
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Only thing I read by him was Beowulf
thought it was unrealistic
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All I want out of life is to become a scholar, form a research team of like minded individuals and create an expansive compilation of mythology from all of classical antiquity from an all encompassing view point that considers the religious, spiritual, philosophical and psychoanalytic meaning of each individual myth, and their meaning as an interwoven section of the greater tapestry of it all. We would hold true to the ideals of classical antiquity, but we would not be beholden to nostalgia of the past, building upwards from the work of past scholars to create new conceptions with renewed vitality rather than attempting to maintain the decaying structures of an academic institution that we have moved beyond. Naturally, we would begin with the Greeks
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't dream of this. I've been reading Hesiod's Cosmos by Jenny Strauss Clay and it's been inspiring me deeply. I wish I knew how to orchestrate such creative works, as I'm desperate to actualize my passion
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When I was exploring my soul and spiritual awakening, I had this fantasy that my ancestors had been high priests of the ancient Mystery religions of Classical Antiquity, preserving their sacred knowledge in their psyches and passing through their blood across the ages, culminating with me now in this place. I feel as though it's my destiny to resurrect the ancient Mystery Traditions of my ancestors and unlock the sacred knowledge that I have access to in the collective unconscious.
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>>7786853
Go to uni for classics or history, or something. That would probably be a good place to start.
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>>7786918
Is modern academia the proper environment for such an undertaking? I dropped out of college shortly after I started amd haven't looked much into it since
What song / album / artist pairs well with certain books? I don't listen to music while I read, but for some reason I associate some books with certain albums.
Pic related is what I'm reading and Fleet Foxes' S/T has been in my head most of the time.
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>>7786851
how did you make that work? By the time I finish Siddartha I'm barely past the third track
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>>7786851
the album was dedicated to a Zen master so its sort of related in that aspect
pretty good listen
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>>7786851
Adult Jazz - Springful is a song that's literally about that book, so maybe give that a listen.
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ITT: We try to be as kafka as possible 2016-03-08 01:09:10 Post No.7786645
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I'll start:
The man walked into the room and sat down but he forgot he realized ass le shit nigger Steven Pinker and sat down on the floor instead.
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suddenly ses
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As Anonymous pressed post one night for a new thread, he found himself transformed in his chair into a gigantic gay-like person.
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The man with the daddy issues turnt into a bug. He jumped in the river and di-STORY INCOMPLETE
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What's the cringiest book you have ever read?
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Pic rel actually especially when it turns out that one od main caracters is a black lesbo. Also dead guy is jobs and fat guy is stallman.
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Anything by John Green.
God is dead.
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>>7787100
You dumb nigger, this thread almost died.
If someone in real-life asked you to recommend a book and regardless of who the person was, what would you recommend so that the other person would get a positive experience out of it?
Picture is my choice, I believe that most people (I hope) have the capacity to enjoy this one.
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The once and future king.
It's got all the shit you need.
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>>7786370
Locus Solus.
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bro, i love pinecone and lot 49, but you are crazy if you think most people would like that
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Okay, so I just read pic related on /lit/'s recommendation, but I'm a bit confused.
From the point onwards of Gately getting shot, nothing really develops in the book, it seems to fall off its wheels and get bogged down in trying to develop the character after the fact, and to me just sort of stagnated.
Am I missing something, or does it just have a bad ending?
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That's the point... usually in trash media (entertainment, tv, etc.) a lot of stuff happens at the end where it all wraps up and its very exciting. Well, Infinite Jest is NOT trash entertainment, it's a literature book, and it was Wallace's intention to make it not like television and bad media at all. So in Infinite Jest, nothing much happens toward the end, and it's boring, which is where it departs from television, which is usually exciting and interesting. If you didnt get this, you didnt get the book, sorry. Read it again.
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>>7786347
Use spoilers, retarded fuck.
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>Infinite Jest is NOT trash entertainment
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ITT: come up with a fresh plot right now and get judged 2016-03-07 23:31:13 Post No.7786235
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>the caesar, brutus, octavian story transposed to russian civil war era.
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COCAINE
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>retelling
>original
Oh, padawan
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Rock Superstar Osiris, after undertaking a narcissistic Messianic mission in the wake of the Jerusalem atomic blast is dramatically assassinated on live world-wide television on Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa by a disillusioned follower. His wife and rock-star partner Isis then leads a spiritual movement to reconcile and unite the clashing religions and catalyze a common global spiritual Renaissance through a Global Progressive Spiritual Alliance which seeks to construct an Inter-faith Temple on the ruins of the atomic blast in Jerusalem.
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Yo /lit/, I'm a spud nigger here and thought it's about time I read the a book which is actually decent and comes from Ireland. I'm thinking about Ulysses and I'm wondering if I should read the Odyssey first. I heard that Joyce makes parallels between his book and the Odyssey. Even if it's not necessary for me to read it first would it be worthwhile just to understand Ulysses more?
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>>7786073
to get the most enjoyment you should read
>Odyssey
>Dubliners
>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
>a lil' bit of Ibsen
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>>7786083
I'm reading Dubliners right now?
should I be getting more out of these stories than slight interest or am I just retarded.
'The Sisters' is not what I'd call a great story.
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>>7786085
you're missing most of what's going on in the stories then
it's also pretty much straight up realism for the most part with no real writing flourishes sans The Dead.
The rest of his output is not this way.
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HELP ME /lit/. Help me make my dream come true please.
I'm a 19 years old french guy who wants to go to college in the us. I took the TOEFL test, a week ago. Results came in yesturday.. I got 96 (high score).
The universities I'm applying to want me to write an essay about my life and why I chose that specific uni, hobbies etc...
PLEASE I'm begging you. Help me write a perfect essay to increase the likelyhood of the admission, so I can change my future and that of my family. I'll be forever grateful.
Email me: [email protected]
and ill send you what you need to write about/facts about myself... and we will continue from there.
I cannot even find the appropriate words to express how much this means to me. It could turn my life upside down. Help. anyone.
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If you're the actual person and not someone trying to dirty their webresults, you'll understand that you should never put up an identifiable e-mail address on a public space -- especially not 4chan, which is crawled -- and will delete and remake this thread.
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Damn dude...
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>>7786071
>wants to go to college in the us.
Why?
You would get a much better education in Europe, assuming you're not going applying to a top-tier private school, and wouldn't be up to your neck in debt.
If I were looking for a version of the bible in english to read for academic purposes (ie to better understand english lit and it's impacts) which printing should I buy? Preferably paperback, I have no interest in the thing holding value.
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OP here. Apologies for using an apostrophe in "it's".
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>>7786029
KJV
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>>7786029
New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha, 4th edition. There's a PDF of it you can find in Bookzz, I think. Also get a King James Bible, the Oxford World's Classics is cheap and nice, but the Norton Critical Edition in two volumes is the greatest, albeit rather expensive.
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>>7786004
Fuck of now anon
We do not want you posting
return to reddit
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clever
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>>7786011
Subtle.
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What is this book about, really? 2016-03-07 22:17:49 Post No.7785975
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What is this book about, really?
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1. What is this book about?
2. For those who've seen it, what are your thoughts on the Orson Welles film adaptation?
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I love Welles but The Trail is one of my favorite books so I'm hesitant to watching the film becuase I'm afraid it won't do the book justice.
Should I see it?
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>>7786039
It doesnt do the book justice but you should still see it. He makes a lot of changes but he tries his best to stay true to the events that happen in the book. Of course he does it in the usual baroque Welles-ian kind of way which some people argue goes against everything that Kafka was about. I still enjoyed the film with the exception of the ending.
If you like Gilliam's Brazil then this is a must watch
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The ending of the movie tho.
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I saw some of this guys books in the return bin at my university.
It's just word vomit right?
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>>7785740
>i live in the trash can of ideology
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90% of it is. 9% of it is insightful. 1% is gold.
>>7785742
>He thinks he can get out of the trashcan
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>>7785740
>I saw some of this guys books in the return bin at my university.
The only thing wrong with this sentence is that 'return' is not 'trash'