Which author has the best prose?
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Joyce
Nabby
Faulkner
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Eça de Querioz
Louis-Ferdinan Céline
Machado de Assis
Vladimir Nabokov
Knut Hamsun
Thomas Bernhard
Raduan Nassar
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What edgelord writer has the sharpest edge?
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William H. Gass
"I write because I hate. A lot. Hard. I wish to make my hatred acceptable because my hatred is much of me, if not my best part."
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Renzo Novatore.
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An edge so sharp, tens of millions died. That'll teach them, for listening to the ideas of a basement dwelling underachiever.
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Hello /lit/
I have two questions about the Adventures of Huck Finn.
It would be greatly appreciated if someone with this knowledge could help me out.
1) How do Huck and Jim react when the two men they find reveal that they are Duke and Dauphin? Contrast the ways that they treat them before and after the revelation. Why does this make sense?
2) Huck says that it doesn't take long for him to realize that Duke and Dauphin are lying about their identities, and yet, he decides to say nothing about it and act as if he knew nothing about it. Why is this significant?
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>>7730909
Literally, underage b& wants a swers to his homework. SAGED.
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I honestly don't even understand why you'd need help with those question. They are VERY easy to answer, and I mean VERY EASY. Go read the fucking book, idiot.
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>>7730926
Actually Sir or Madam, i am eighteen years of age and a high school graduate.
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I'm trying and failing to find novels like pic related. Novels or stories that are interested in oral storytelling and folklore without being shitty updates of fairy tales.
Any recommendations? New or old.
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>>7730836
obvious question: what's this about? Looks cool.
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>>7732405
It's about Ned fuckin Kelly, the greatest outlaw in all of Australia. He just wanted to lead a normal life, but society was against him.
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Lel
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So i just finished book 5 of this amazing series. Can anyone name me a series that is as epic as this. I like books that have constant action and have a huge scope when it comes to lore and characters. I've heard The Black Company, The Stormlight Archive, The Wheel of Time and Mistborn are all good series when it comes to war, gore, lore and fantasy.
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The iliad
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>>7730813
not lit
there's a containment thread for posts like these
but even there the books you posted are looked down on
try https://www.reddit.com/r/books
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The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. The final book hasn't been released though.
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How does /lit/ think of Atlas Shrugged?
No memes, pls.
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>>7730708
The book itself is a meme though so you're already discussing a meme when you try to talk about it.
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>>7730708
How many times are you going to make this thread this week?
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Needs more pirates.
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Is Super AMOLED display good for longer reading?
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Only e-ink is acceptable for non physical reading
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>>7730705
mr special snowflake buy a kobo like everyone else
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>>7730705
AMOLED devices have god-tier efficiency since the pixel itself shuts off entirely when it is shining black.
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/lit/ as a person that has never visited New York or America is this piece still worth picking up?
I was intrigued by the power dynamics acting out throughout this book but I'm afraid there will be too much location-specific story making it obsolete for me to read.
Read or abandon?
Thanks.
Also; ITT - general power broker thread
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Yep. This book is primed to become the next big meme. Give it a month.
Read it while you can.
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Aeschylus Translations 2016-02-22 21:57:04 Post No.7730449
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I want to read Aeschylus. I'm thinking about buying OUP's Oresteia and Persians and Other Plays (Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants, Prometheus Bound), all translated by Collard.
Are these good translations? And am I leaving out any of Aeschylus' works?
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Aeschylus is widely translated. I have translations by Fagle, Verall, Valacott, Paley, and I plan on exploring the original Greek because the translations are often encouragingly diverse.
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What do you guys think of Turgenev? I read Fathers and Sons and Torrents of Spring and loved both. Going to read some of his shorter works like Mumu and First Love here in a couple days too.
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sportsman sketches senpai
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>>7730402
i read first love just two days ago and i think it was quite bland to put it carefully, none of the characters were particuarly outstanding, maybe the novella was just too short to develop them to their full extent.
it was literally "tfw no gf"- the short story...
Dr. Lushin was based though and the only red-pilled character
tell me what you think about it when you're finished or make another thread, turgenev isn't talked about enough on /lit/
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Only read Fathers and Sons. Read it twice though, great book.
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Why did Bloom have such a hard on for Byron the Bulb?
What story do you think best represents Pynchon in microcosm?
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Lot 49 is Pynchon best distilled into a short story.
I've read it a dozen times and it is absolutely his best work. (This is not to say I do not love his other works (Vineland, Bleeding Edge, Against The Day excepted))
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Need help quick, what are some shortish things that I can read right now on the internet to distract me from my currently unbearable mental disorder and the dogshit reality of what is to come?
Recently read John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen, any plays like that would be cool. Or shortstories like Diary of a Madman by Gogol.
Please.
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borges (^:
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Btw german language works are also ok.
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What by Borges?
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Chekov
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Is this the Citizen Kane of literature?
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>>7730292
No. Now please leave.
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>>7730292
In that plebs think its the best novel(movie) ever written(made)
Yes
But its still good
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>>7730292
As in most overrated? Yes.
My friends think Harry Potter is better than LOTR, what does /lit/ think?
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kill your friends then kill yourself
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>>7730247
The earthsea books are better, now gtfo
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How to become a better writer? 2016-02-22 20:53:18 Post No.7730232
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How to become a better writer?
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Hey lit,
Im from /His/ and im working on my graduate thesis. The problem is alot of people say my writing is really really bad.
Examples:
>Sentences inside out
> Confusing or awkward sentences
>Unclear writing
>No real point made in a paragraph
Its gotten to the point where I cant even write anymore because Ive lost all confidence in myself.
TL:DR
> How can I make myself a better writer
> Any tips, suggestions, or ideas are welcome
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I'm not sure what the OP of this thread is even asking because it's so poorly written, to be honest. Can somebody clarify?
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Post a sample paragraph.
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>>7730232
Read, ya dingaling.