Thoughts on Manuel Puig?
Gay.
balding
He gives an interesting insight into the culture of the time and US-Latin America relations
/lit/ how do you feel about Peter Singer? Do you think that a life of luxury and excess is morally reprehensible? And do we have an obligation to others?
I don't see how that follows.
That isn't in my best interest
It will only be in my best interest if the pleasure of feeling that I've done something good outweighs the displeasure of giving something away
>>7679466
What arguments does he have against egoism?
The idea that morality is egoistic, that in behaving morally we are just actualizing ourselves. "What is moral" is ultimately a different question to different persons, semantic interpretations aside.
/lit/
What's your beef with pic related? I read Women last year and I thought it was great. Then again, it's the only work of his I've read so I'm not a great source. What am I not seeing as being wrong with him that all you are?
He is too sincere.
Best 20th century Bildungsroman?
Sons and Lovers
catcher in the rye xd
>>7679553
this is actually right without the xd
kind of a novice reader, but i really liked
Devil in the White City.
both for the fact that i was learning and the novelistic style.
i like architecture and serial killers.
what are some other recommendations of the best books in this style?
thank you
Hey /lit/ so my gf and I are going to spend the spring on a farm working as assistants. The set up only requires 4 hours of labor a day in exchange for room and board. We are both bookish so what do you suggest that I bring along to read on my off time. I'm definitely bringing pic related. Would appreciate thematically or stylistically relevant suggestions.
>>7679385
>my gf and I
>>7679391
Wait is that not correct? I am hopeless with grammar.
Anne Karenina for those sweet farming scenes
maybe some Steinbeck like East of Eden
Walt Whitman's poems are pretty good
maybe Thomas Hardy or Henry James
Thinking of reading this.
Does /lit/ think it's good?
read it and find out
>>7679382
You read it first and tell me if it's worth my time.
it's a small gem of a book
I have this version and it's one of my favorite physical copies I have. The texture, design, and print are great
Did you enjoy I, Robot /lit/?
Very much. Read pretty much all of Asimov as a pre-teen (many moons ago). Can't remember much about them now, apart from the laws of robotics, the general arc of the Foundation books and some pretty dodgy but (at the time for me at least) effective sex scenes.
However the film of I, Robot is an abomination.
What is the best english translation of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand?
>>7679340
The French is actually not that difficult and repays the attention you give it (the metre and rhyme are difficult to translate successfully into English).
Sorry I can't recommend a printed English translation (have always just googled random bits and pieces alongside my French edition). However there is a black and white film version from 1950 in English, starring Jose Ferrer as Cyrano, that I rate pretty highly (better than the Depardieu version IMHO). The whole thing is on YouTube.
I have been told my prose is fine, but when it comes to write actual action, with dialogues and shit I feel it's awkward crap as I write it.
Any general advices on this?
>>7679329POST SOME PROSE, FUCKBOY
>>7679329
post some prose, friendboy
Here's something interesting. It's a list of books Pynchon has written blurbs for
>http://www.newtonvillebooks.com/anthSelections/24_stace.pdf
It's missing Warlock and Tenth of December, though.
shit taste. shit books. quelle suprise
>>7679331
>http://www.newtonvillebooks.com/anthSelections/24_stace.pdf
fuck off wigger
>>7679311
I can't find his blurb on Saunders, where is that?
Hi /lit/.
I'm trying to start an archive going again.
You can see my couple of days of work here: https://dialecticarchives.com/
Where can I find more data to archive? what other features would you like to see?
Less than a year worth of posts? that's hardly of use... Especially when there isn't even away to search posts as far as I can see.
What happened to the old archive???
Last night I finished reading this. It completely blew me away and I'd say it's definitely one of my favorite books now.
I'm slowly making my way through the /lit/ recommended list. I know that Suttree is on it but I need more McCarthy. The film adaption of No Country is fucking god-tier but I've heard some say it's one of his weaker books?
In your opinion, which of his books are worth my time? I'll probably read them all at some point but I have a ton on my to-read list as it stands now.
take this pleb shit back to r/books
My objective McCarthy rankings
1. Blood Meridian
2. Suttree
3. The Crossing
4. All the Pretty Horses
5. Child of God
6. Outer Dark
7. The Sunset Limited (play)
8. The Road
9. No Country for Old Men
10. The Orchard Keeper
11. Cities of the Plain
I haven't read The Stonemason, The Counsellor or The Gardner's Son (stage play and two screenplays)
>>7679334
>falling for the mccarthy meme this hard
Ive never seen anyone mention Jim Dodge or this book so wondering if anyone else has read it?
>endorsed by Pynchon
>tale of criminal outlaws
>gambling, magic, jewel hiests
>endorsed by your lord and saviour
Why havent you read this tale yet
cause i'm near-broke, cause i can't find it in any secondhand stores, cause i don't live anywhere where online bookbuying is reasonably priced
Has Anyone here read another /lit/icens work and liked it? Tell me about it. Just finished anons book and it didn't suck
>>7679276
I did once and it seemed like the work of a grade C GCSE English student.
Never again
>>7679299
Nice dubs. What was it about?