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Prolly shit tier national ya I read for school or literature from my country (I am from argentina)
I think my rarest non-argentine Pepe would be "beyond this place" a novel by Cronin that i foubd laying around my house or "la familia de pascual duarte" by Cela (which is a Nobel laureate anyway)

>>7703861
Probably one of the monographs I've read, if dissertations don't count. Because I doubt more than a dozen other people have read any given dissertation.

The library/museum catalogs I've read probably rank up there in obscurity as well.

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>>7703861
Bunch! by David R. Bunch

>>7708885
Elementary Particle and Possibilities of an Island get a lot of love here.

Memes have nothing to do with the quality of the work. DFW is a great example of this.

>>7708897
Just started the Elementary Particles, seems good so far. I think I'll just go through his novels chronologically.

The Lovecraft book seems promising as well.

Why don't you ask your professor to explain his statement instead of asking us?

>>7712901
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Chief Aramaki is clearly an elderly Japanese man. It's just the lighting that makes him appear mulatto.

>>7712880
I have been wanting to read it for a while now but put it off because I felt I wasn't ready. I think I'm finally going to join the ranks because of this thread.

>>7712880
>surprised to find it was like a slice of life story rather than the struggle of man versus whale
well, that's why it is famous

>>7712880
like an anon wrapped it up to me: "It's like the Bible. It's a book about everything"

absoluteyl amazing book. Not a single chapter I disliked.

>translations

>>7712210
sweet, that stupidity gets out of the way right off the bat.

>>7712196
My first impulse is to wonder to what extent Quixote truly was free. On the one hand, he adhered to a strict code of chivalry (and a large dose of enchantment) which guided him to some specific actions. On the other hand, he wasn't ensnared by too much deliberation--'analysis paralysis' or what you will--in his behavior.

>>7712210
La libertad, Sancho, es uno de los más preciosos dones que a los hombres dieron los cielos; con ella no pueden igualarse los tesoros que encierra la tierra ni el mar encubre; por la libertad así como por la honra se puede y debe aventurar la vida, y, por el contrario, el cautiverio es el mayor mal que puede venir a los hombres

notable excerpt:

>Pynchon does have his admirers, and he also has his followers, or people who are labelled his followers, and they do keep cropping up. I think there’s more than a little Pynchon floating around John Kennedy Toole, whose A Confederacy of Dunces is a book nearly as bloated as its protagonist; Don DeLillo’s social, um, satires owe more than a little to Pynchon’s work; and in a recent essay in Harper’s magazine the young novelist Jonathan Franzen declares Pynchon a personal hero. David Foster Wallace moves beyond admiration to adulation – if not, to put it more plainly, outright imitation. It is, in fact, a virtuoso performance that has eclipsed its progenitor: Wallace out-Pynchons Pynchon, and his third book, Infinite Jest, may well be the first novel to out-Gravity’s Rainbow Gravity’s Rainbow.

>>7711607
>starting threads with pictures of beautiful women

Why does everybody do this here? It lnly serves to make me sad.

>>7711700
same.
>tfw never be a beautiful girl
>tfw if i was a beautiful girl my ex would have never left me
>tfw biscum gonna biscum ;~;

Yo,
the first thing that came to mind was animal farm, because it's short and the symbolism is just in your fucking face and is always applicable to current events.
however, even that might be a bit beyond the kind of student you're describing. maybe take a look at finding a collection of short stories that are approved for high school level students. there's plenty of shit out there that's clever but still easy to understand. this post probably isn't very helpful, im sorry. hope it serves as a bump which may in turn give you at least one useful reply lol. good luck sensei

>>7711343
actually I hadn't even thought of that, that sort of collection is specifically made to teach high school students the same thing so why not start there? Great idea, really

>>7711347
glad to help m8

>>7711234
bc he was also suffering from a mental disorder

>>7711234
Because he was a VILLAIN, not some goddamn money-grubbing business man who cares about such passing trivialities like common sense

>>7711234
I enjoyed these books very much

Now I know.

All the pieces come together anon, and anyway it's shameful to drop out of a work of literature without seeing it through to the end.

If you're enjoying it (which I assume you are - you might not be) why not continue it? It's not like you were going to spend your time on something better. On the other hand, if you're not enjoying it, drop it and find something you do enjoy. No reason to suffer through something you do of your own free will.

Grasp the base of the shaft firmly, fondle the balls with your spare hand then swirl the head with your tongue before working your way down to engulf the whole thing.

>>7709752
Thanks for the daddy boner.

Start with the greeks

>Also what should I read prior to it if anything.
The Bible
Hamlet
The Greeks
Dubliners
Portrait of the Artist

1. any edition is fine
2. realistically you don't have to read anything before it

>>7708660
I read somewhere that it's impossible to get all the references anyway, so it isn't imperative to read anything. Is that your reasoning?

mid tier

also narcissus > siddhartha

Oh Boy! Why only mid tier? and i think narcissus is equal to siddhartha. it just depends on how open you are for buddisthic spiritulism.

>hmm i dont know shit about literature
>but i remember they assigned me siddhartha in high school
>how can i look like i know what im talking about even though i don't?

I hate this fucking place.

>>7706337
not any more than you hate yourself.

>>7706327

Just turn off the computer for 10 minutes anon. You can do it.

>>7705575
If she disappoints you on something as general as literature, you might as well ditch her. Shit won't last man.

>>7705575
Stop trying to change people, it will only frustrate you, and it's not really your place anyways.

>>7705575
If you like her you like her. It's not like you're some kind of aesthetic genius. That art has become the greater part of one's personality is something we all would like to believe, though it's really just horseshit.

You're not elitist, just some kid.

>>7712644

One time I got the collection of the actual Sherlock Holmes stories. And honestly they kind of suck.

>>7712674
There are various different collections, Some are worded differently, Some have parts taken out, Some are illustrated.