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Do you realize how many books you can read instead of browsing a Vietnamese bricklaying ePortal?
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i read ulysses in a day
who cares
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Isn't it like 150 pages double spaced or some shit. You could have at least tried to impress us.
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I actually read War and Peace in a day.
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let's talk about heartbreak
have you ever suffered heartbreak yourself? which books or poems do you relate to on the subject?
for me, Great Expectations is a classic. as I understand Dickens, I see that this was kind of his piece of middle-aged heartbreak/divorce writing to a certain extent, and I've noticed that people who read it too young or before their first major breakup related to it less
First Love by Turgenev is a beautiful little encapsulation of the travails of young love and heartbreak, La Vita Nuova by Dante is basically only about the author's lost love for Beatrice, and its highs are magnificent
how fares your broken literary heart?
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>you will never be loved so your heart will never be broken
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Muy bien!
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It is too bad that the highs in Paradiso are so damn boring though.
(get it)->
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What are some good Christian lit books similar to the Brothers Karamazov in theme?
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>>7613904
Bump for interest
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>>7613904
*tips fedora*
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It's not a "Christian book". It's a Christian book in the same way As I Lay Dying was a "Christian band".
What is the point of putting a paper cover over the hard cover? It's annoying.
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>>7613903
It's called a 'dust jacket.' Take that how you will
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>>7613903
It's a dust jacket. You remove it once you own the book
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What do you guys do with your dust jackets once you remove them? Throw them out? Store them? Are books without their dust jackets diminished in value if you, say, try to sell at a used bookstore?
whats /lit/'s opinions on drugs? Do they affect your ability to write/read and retain or experience the material differently?
>which drugs and why?
>SpongeBob needs answers people
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>>7613856
DUDE
WEED
LMAO
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Bad
There are books written while on drugs, they are not very good.
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escapism is for the weak minded
do you agree with scaruffi?
http://www.scaruffi.com/writers/wallace.html
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>reading a "review" of Infinite Jest that is as long as Infinite Jest
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Scaruffi has even admitted to not reading/watching/listening to all the books/films/music he reviews. He is wrong about so many things - not just the subjective, but facts and common historical knowledge - that it's impossible for anyone to take him seriously. He is a textbook STEMtellectual.
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>>7613848
his greatest contribution to culture is that beatles review copypasta
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I am thinking about writing a book about this picture. Do you have any advice?
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Make it from the perspective of the switch itself. Write things like "I hope that sociopath doesn't pull me anywhere!" or "I hate having all this power, GAHHH!!"
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Don't
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Books are for nerds
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I have decided my point of view
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haha, it'll change
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Leu Feu Follet is a great film.
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>>7613762
kek
sage
wtf OP
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What is the greatest opening sentence in literature?
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A screaming comes across the sky.
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read new york trilogy, thought it was clever if a little amateurish
what else of his is worth reading?
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at first glance he looks like a weird jewish will smith
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>>7612923
i see it
or a handsome leper
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>>7612908
This was pretty good I thought
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Is there any good release that not too much pricey of Tyndale's translation to the bible(I more interested in the old testament)
pic unrelated
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Dood! Tynsdale is a publisher.
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King James is mostly the same despite England's initial objections to it.
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Was he based?
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Obviously.
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"most of us including myself have only heard of it for the first time in the last week "
is there any mistakes in this sentence ?
and sorry of any mistake because english is not my mother tongue
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"Most of us, including myself, have only heard of it for the first time last week."
Not necessarily anything wrong but it's not really right either.
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>>7612842
Or "Most of us, myself included, only heard it for the first time last week."
Superfluous words are bad.
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Most of us heard about it last week.
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wtf do you fags learn during 5 years while studying a bachelor in literature?
isn't that just a glorified history of literature degree?
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Fuck all. I'm not kidding. Literally fuck all.
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i mean you also read literature in addition to studying the history
criticism/analysis/interpretation/etc. not all readings are created equal. someone who studies reading and reads a lot reads better than the average person despite the common misconception that everyone can "read"
also
>5 years for bachelor
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>>7612732
well, I guess that's under literaly criticism, but I'm sure it would take at best one semester and at worst one year to really learn it properly.
My college has licenciature in literature and is pretty much history of literature with a few bits of literary criticism and some writting workshops.
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What's the best review or analysis of gravity's rainbow? I read it and can appreciate it for it's unique tone and Pynchon's ability to write with personality, but I don't understand it on a critical level.
Also, explain why you liked it.
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Overrated garbage, and so on. *sniff*
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I liked it because I think Pynchon's pretty funny, and because it's so metaphorically rich that you can spend your whole day thinking about the various ways brenschluss applies to your life.
I guess also because it's structurally very interesting. The way the narrative is handed off between various characters and storylines manages to progress the plot in an innovative and challenging, but satisfying way.
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>>7612649
what is Zizek's opinion on Pynchon and his work?