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maybe on reddit

>>7737068
I liked it when I was a teenager. Better than most young adult novels. I remember the later books in the series had long boring essays on religion.

>>7737068

If you like StarCraft commentary.

>>7737012
Sorry I have nothing to contribute, but quick question.

I am really interested in learning chinese since I want to move to Taiwan, but with a major in Chinese what types of jobs can you get? Does that basically mean you are going to be an English teacher in Asia? Is your plan to move there? Thanks

>>7737079
You can do translation/interpretation, or you can use your language skills to supplement another career like computer programming, financial analysis, journalism, etc.

I'm doing a double major in computer science and Chinese, and I plan to go on to get a master's degree in conference interpretation and hopefully end up living in China and interpreting there. I've lived in China previously and really like it there. I haven't been to Taiwan, but my friends who have say they really liked it.

>>7737012
Your pic related is magnificent. Aside from the classics of Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Red Chamber, and Water Margin, books by Luxun are also apparently good. I've read a bit of Wives and Concubines (or Raise the Red Lantern) by Su Tong as well, in translation, and quite enjoyed it.

>>7736941
its called real life, americunt.

You've been incredibly helpful.
>>7736947

Just remembered- the title was spelled sort of awkwardly. Shit, what's the fucking name?

>>7736938
>Jim Morrison' s paper on the sexual neuroses of crowds
I wasn't aware that such thing ever existed, I hope someone can post it.

To keep the thread from dying, we may discuss the poetry of Jim Morrison. Is it /lit/-worthy? Shall I read him in english? Once I bought a book of his poems at the train station but it was a really crappy translation, yet the themes were interesting

>>7736963
I personally think that if one is able to poetry should always be read in original language. If in general writers choose words accurately, poets basically do that and little more, so knowing the precise terms they used might be fundamental to appreciate them.

I tend to be kind of autistic about poetry, in that usually Morrison-like free form annoys me. But after loving his songs in came quite natural to like his verses too. Definitely advise to give him an honest try, especially if you're more open minded than me.

>>7737013
>poetry should always be read in original language
I couldn't agree more. Although, if a poem is translated by a worthy translator (like another poet), the result can be enjoyable, there are good examples.

JM once recorded a couple of his poems, later, after his death the Doors recorded some music with it and released an album. I know and like these poems (in English ofc).

I was wondering if he ever published a book of his poems, maybe with verses that was not meant to be accompanied by music.

i just started night flight
should i buy all the antoine de saint expiry books

As well as learn to spell his name.

>>7736951
.... what did you said??

inflate the sentence, try to make it burst

Didn't go into enough detail for my liking.

I liked it but I liked The Old Man and the Bench better. Both great at language deconstruction tho. "Bilingual edition" always gets a chuckle out of me.

>This is a comfy vaginer

White or blue?

>>7736870
>mom cunt is so sad and banal

You know Orwell was a socialist, right?

How do you think he knew it so well

>>7736840
That always confused me. When I read Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm I was under the impression that Orwell was indeed anti-socialist. Obviously the facts state otherwise though.

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>tfw you figure out why the book cover is what it is

Penguin is really good at making it somewhat challenging. It's like the /lit/ version of a maze on the back of a cereal box

You gotta pull people in. Music you can just turn on and listen for a minute to see what it's like, books are a mental commitment

>>7736755
because literature takes much more effort to derive satisfaction from, and is therefore a little bit more resistant to bourgeois commodity fetishism such as the kind flagrantly displayed in your post. only a little bit, though; and in an era defined by the double-edged sword of minimalism and irony, books can be reified as "les objets d'arts" not only because of their often simple designs, but in fact because of it.

Breakfast of Champions was actually pretty good.

>>7736747
>smug reddit atheist liberal hack
>"""""good""""

>>7736749

>Muh immortal soul is too pure to stop existing

Knee-jerk elitist contrarian filth.

>>>/s4s/

hmeingway. he was like, two bolanos.

>>7736694
Ulises Lima.

No, though it's up there.

>>7736644
Nah its piss easy.

>>7736644
That depends more on the persons native language, for English as a second language. For children, I have heard that /r/ is a hard sounds for them to learn.

Mario Incandenza. Literally did not see that turn coming

>>7736650
>English
but back up that claim familia. Why do you think he's a villain?

>>7736636
jesus it's worse than I thought. it's worse than the Shakespearean Star Wars books

check out this old as fuck bait

>>7736636
nice

My only love sprung from my only hate
Too early seen unknown
And known too late