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Boy, I never get enough
>he raped his sister Phoebe
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Those things are just the damn tops, a bunch of phoney jokes taking an honest work about a smart young man trying to cope with the fake adult world and perverting it with vomity sex memes.
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>I'm too stupid to understand the book
Why do you think he enjoyed her "Ass-twitcher" of a dress so much?
Use your head.
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>tfw you will never get sexy with a 6' grey haired teenage angsty stud
pls hold me
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>>7751811
>She really did look damn good in it, though. I have to admit it. And don’t think she didn’t know it. She kept walking ahead of me, so that I’d see how cute her little ass looked...
Holy shit how did I not remember this part? What the fuck?
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What should /lit/izens do/see in Paris? Going for a visit soon, would appreciate some insight if you have any.
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>>7749382
leave
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>>7749382
drink
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>>7749382
Possibly the Louvre?
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'''Let's make a new "best books of all time" list on /lit/'' 2016-02-27 17:22:06 Post No.7750190
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'''Let's make a new "best books of all time" list on /lit/''
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Just like the previous one - a selection of 100 books that /lit/ picks. I'll begin the poll with voting for The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
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>>7750190
Huck Finn, Slaughterhouse 5, Forever War
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>>7750190
Fuck off, we made one a few months ago.
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why don't we read books and discuss them
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I've been on a long, long hiatus from serious reading so need a good book.
I am feeling the season and I doubt I could get through any melancholia, so /lit/, show me your the best books to read in spring. Shit that cuts at the essence of life, birth, etc.
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>You will never be a french man in the 1800s
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>>7755274
Their Eyes Were Watching God
health, life, vitality, female sexuality and experience and all
some really lovely imagery
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READ THE FUCKING STICKY
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ITT: We trigger pseudo-patricians by posting authors who are over-hyped beyond any discernible talent.
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I dont think even pseudo patricians would debate you here
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how obvious
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>>7753794
/thread
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What do you guys think of pic related?
We're reading it in my Lit 2 class. I appreciate some of the rhetorical devices, but I haven't yet found it literary valuable.
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>>7751591
That's a fucking nice edition. Who publishes it?
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>>7751595
Yeah! The book is certainly beautiful. As are all the "props." it's published by Mulholland Books
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>>7751591
It looks interesting but I'm poor af at the moment so I'm not buying it anytime soon.
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Easily among the few noteworthy and influential contemporary authors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SNKRo0Zalk
You know I'm right.
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>>7751103
>contemporary
Well, obviously, when you put it that way
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His flabby, pale, upper arms makes him look like a troll. He should either lift or wear longer sleeves, looks totes gross.
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>>7751103
Does he still have a weird feud with Morrison?
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>fat paperback
>let go of page
>book closes
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>/lit/ard
>reading
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I haven't read a book in over a decade.
Recommend me something good.
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>>7753077
finnegans wake
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>>7753077
book of the new sun
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The Long Ships
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>tfw your first draft seems just fucking unsalvageable
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>>7751919
Keep trying, anon.
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Not everyone is cut out for writing.
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>>7751919
>20000 words or so into your novel
>realize the basic theme or concept of the story is extremely flawed and can't be fixed without deleting everything and going back to the drawing board
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The heart is a lonely hunter 2016-02-28 20:35:32 Post No.7754922
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The heart is a lonely hunter
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Objectively the best prewar 20th century American novel(?)
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I really should read this shouldn't I.
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>>7754928
Yup
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>>7754922
Not the best at all but it's very good.
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why do people pretend to like his books?
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Why do people pretend to be stupid?
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I unironicaly like his books and there's nothing you can do about it pal
Deal with it
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He's aight
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Has there ever been an unironic thread about this masterpiece?
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>>7754314
Seriously though, how difficult is it really, to get your hands on a copy?
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>>7754337
I got a copy of it for $1 lel
Discuss.
I loved it btw...
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*discussion noise*
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>>7753151
I mean it was pretty good for a fictionalized rant. I have to say he was right about the creative artist being lost for the performing one, interesting to pin the beginning of the end on the player piano. I wouldn't exactly call it amazing though, these sorts of things were covered in detail in both The Recognitions and JR through characterization and plot but maybe he just decided he really had to lay it bare? Ambivalent that the book was supposed to be written by Jack in JR but Jack was not a dying old man in JR. You should spend the three minutes to read A Hunger Artist by Kafka right now.
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>>7753832
You're right about it being something already done by himself, but I think it adds a lot of value to know that it was written by a man who knows he's going to die. He pretty much goes through his own work and tells us some personal stuff around him, like his awards, the critics and such.
I know you shouldn't criticize a work outside the work but knowing about Gaddis work and his circumstances by the end of the century gives a better feel to the work.
Also, it became one of my favorite stream of consciousness, maybe because it was kinda easy to follow.
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I know it's faggy, but does everyone else refrain from reading in public so people won't think you're an anti-social freak?
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>>7749927
Kind of. I don't read Dostoevsky in public, because you'll then look like a freak. But if you read Game of Thrones in public, you'll looks like a guy who follows trends and sees what's popular and you can even get into a conversation with someone about the books or show.
The only downside is that if you really hate the books, like I do, you're pretty much living a lie. However this is my only way of connecting with people IRL, so I can't give it up.
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I lift, shave, dress decent, have great skin, people can clearly see that I'm not anti-social, even though I'm reading Seneca while taking the metro.
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What? Why would you even care about what someone who's just passing by would even pay attention to you? I mean, they probably don't and, even if they did, it's meaningless.
Just stop being a fag and do what you want.