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Faust

Virgil's Aeneid

>>7717091
Nothing of value is lost.

>>7717091

Who is pic related?

Scout was the most autistic kid

It's really good. Not much of a Vandermeer fan, but this kept my attention.

I liked it but its just scifi, not a literary landmark.

I've read the first two. I liked the setting of the first more, but the second was definitely more realized. It does look like it's entering the same spooky description black hole of unnameable, unspeakable, indescribable and unnatural spooks and feelings. I'm definitely interested in the third book just to see how it plays out.

I'm also excited to see these adapted to a show/movie, whichever way they're going with that project now.

Benis solves problems :DD
t.literature pro

Better question: In Japanese, is Big Brother called Onii-chan?

>>7715627
That would be hysterical

So what the hell's with all the Hamlet parallels in IJ?

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>>7719013
DFW ripped off the Bard because hes an incredibly sad and banal hack with no discernible talent. The only good scene he ever created was his hanging. He also claimed not to have read and ripped off Pynchon, now theres an infinite jest lmao

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>>7719025
yeah but he got mad audience pussy

Stop going on the internet.

>>7718913
stop paying electricity and telephone bills

regulative discourse tbqh famalam

Nothing, my collection of greentext stories that I have been compiling for years is due to be released in the summer.

>>7719010

Something being "published" doesn't make it Literature

>>7718847
Fine, I will oblige you:

>Oh come on, Price,” I say. “There are more important problems than Sri Lanka to worry about. Sure our foreign policy is important, but there are more pressing problems at hand.”

>“Like what?” he asks without looking away from Vanden. “By the way, why is there an ice cube in my soy sauce?”

>“No,” I start, hesitantly. “Well, we have to end apartheid for one. And slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger. Ensure a strong national defense, prevent the spread of communism in Central America, work for a Middle East peace settlement, prevent U.S. military involvement overseas. We have to ensure that America is a respected world power. Now that’s not to belittle our domestic problems, which are equally important, if not more. Better and more affordable long-term care for the elderly, control and find a cure for the AIDS epidemic, clean up environmental damage from toxic waste and pollution, improve the quality of primary and secondary education, strengthen laws to crack down on crime and illegal drugs. We also have to ensure that college education is affordable for the middle class and protect Social Security for senior citizens plus conserve natural resources and wilderness areas and reduce the influence of political action committees.”

>The table stares at me uncomfortably, even Stash, but I’m on a roll.

>“But economically we’re still a mess. We have to find a way to hold down the inflation rate and reduce the deficit. We also need to provide training and jobs for the unemployed as well as protect existing American jobs from unfair foreign imports. We have to make America the leader in new technology. At the same time we need to promote economic growth and business expansion and hold the line against federal income taxes and hold down interest rates while promoting opportunities for small businesses and controlling mergers and big corporate takeovers.”

>>7718892
Cont.

>Price nearly spits up his Absolut after this comment but I try to make eye contact with each one of them, especially Vanden, who if she got rid of the green streak and the leather and got some color—maybe joined an aerobics class, slipped on a blouse, something by Laura Ashley—might be pretty. But why does she sleep with Stash? He’s lumpy and pale and has a bad cropped haircut and is at least ten pounds overweight; there’s no muscle tone beneath the black T-shirt.

>“But we can’t ignore our social needs either. We have to stop people from abusing the welfare system. We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights while also promoting equal rights for women but change the abortion laws to protect the right to life yet still somehow maintain women’s freedom of choice. We also have to control the influx of illegal immigrants. We have to encourage a return to traditional moral values and curb graphic sex and violence on TV, in movies, in popular music, everywhere. Most importantly we have to promote general social concern and less materialism in young people.”

>I finish my drink. The table sits facing me in total silence. Courtney’s smiling and seems pleased. Timothy just shakes his head in bemused disbelief. Evelyn is completely mystified by the turn the conversation has taken and she stands, unsteadily, and asks if anyone would like dessert.

>>7718892
Thanks, based psycho anon.
Bonus: why do you think Bateman says this?

what did he mean by this?

>>7718721
he was making fun of Hegel and also laying down some dank pre-existentialist conceptions of the self as a nothingness

>>7718719
Soren was not a real philosopher.

>>7718343
>le dead president man's scribbles

I hate

black

Is that supposed to be rare?

>>7717582
It isn't now, but it was unreadable and sought-after for decades, and when it became available it was a big deal.

>>7717582
>Stuff you can only find online, not yet officially published

first time i read On The Road i really wanted a hug

>>7713974
Yes, OP. Your pic is and always will be related.

I've posted this before but when I finished the last volume from In Search of Lost Time, I searched for the next book for about thirty minutes. When I realized there was no more I had a quiet psychotic breakdown with much tears and I didn't leave the house for like a week

>>7717798
>>7717804
Useless trolls like that bitch don't represent /lit/. Anyone with half a brain already realizes literature is a global culture.

I recommend Hakuin to complement Basho.

Masaoka Shiki, Santoka Taneda, Ikkyu, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa, Hakuin, Ryokan, and be sure to read the Zen Koans and the Tao Te Ching.

>>7717790
Ikkyu is great, both his life and work.

Just read it, douche

>>7718777
I'm not completely sold on the ability of a female author to properly do male main characters (the same goes for males writing female characters), so I haven't bothered with it.

I've heard it called 'misery porn'. There's apparently one character who keeps running afoul of pedophiles wherever he goes.

It's a shoujo manga in novel form.

>>7718361
Honestly just keep doing it, a lot. You will get the hang of it.

>>7718361
Start by quitting /lit/, should increase reading rate at least 3x

>>7718379
I will. How many hours a day do you think makes sense per day?