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Is it worth finishing this book? 2016-01-03 22:14:42 Post No.7537227
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Is it worth finishing this book?
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"Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk - real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious. I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotive howling off to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my star further."
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Sorry I meant "is this book worth finishing?"
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absolutely not. pure wankery from start to finish
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That's my impression so far. It just seems like "I am so cool, hip and young because I am eager for the zest of life, but now I am cool in an experienced and world-weary way because I am looking off into the distance into the American night - oh the pity of it all!"
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I have managed to acquire the Norman Thomas di Giovanni translations of "The Aleph," "The Book of Sand," and "The Book of Imaginary Beings." These were the translations that Borges himself had a hand in, and I therefore have a certain degree of trust in them.
However, I've noticed there are no di Giovanni translations for "Fictions." It almost seems as though they weren't even considered for the extra translation.
So what's the best translation of "Fictions"?
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Some of the stories from it were in fact translated by di Giovanni, I would assume through the same process. They were pulled due to legal threats, but for easy access you can find them in this ebook.
>sites.google.com/site/thebooksofsand/the-short-stories-of-jorge-luis-borges-the-giovanni-translations
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They're actually not that great.
Also you can find all of them online.
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(oh and it also includes Kerrigan's translations for the remaining stories, which are the classic versions and these editors' recommended ones. They complete either Ficciones or Labyrinths, I'm not sure -- there is considerable overlap between those two collections)
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So I want some rec's for books like Fahrenheit 451& Aku No Hana(technically not a 'book' but fuck it). Both of these books have the same feel of abandonment with social norms and life. Really anything that goes against things like acceptability of government, parenting, schooling, ect. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong place. (pic unrelated)
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I am reading right now Blindness by Saramago, and i'm realtà liking it. It's a tad more oppressive thai F451 and I haven't finished it yet myself. But I feeling it's what are you looking for Anon.
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>>7537172
thanks ill check it out
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bump shit
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Citation needed
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>>7537113
>The most important book of our time.
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>>7537114
>The most important book of our time
>not pic relatedironic twist: I haven't worn underwear in years
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Fucking forgot pic related twice today now
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What's the minimum number of pages you aim to read a day?
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30
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I don't. Most important advice I can give you is to read with the time you have. Also don't try to rush what you read.
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If you have to force yourself to read it is probably the wrong hobby for you
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Post your favorite short stories
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/05/15/symbols-and-signs
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Yukio Mishimas Patriotism
A story about a young couple who decides to undergo a ritual suicide rather than kill his own friends in a rebellion.
http://www.mutantfrog.com/patriotism-by-yukio-mishima/
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Jorge Luis Borges, 'The Library of Babel'
https://libraryofbabel.info/Borges/libraryofbabel.pdf
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Death in Venice by Mann
An older writer vacations in Venice only to fall in love with a child
http://www.24grammata.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Mann-death-in-venice-24grammata.com_.pdf
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>mfw I finish reading Faulkner's short stories narrated by Native Americans
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mfw I finished Benjy's section in TSATF
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>>7536608
Wait till you reach Jasons section
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Darwinism is false and disgusting.
Darwinism is not just a scientific hypothesis, it is essentially a cosmology, a view of the universe, and an origins myth, a view of how life came to be. Under the evolutionist cosmology, order arises out of chaos (even though this very notion is against all reason and logic). A series of unintelligent acts can cause an intelligence to exist (even though this too is against the laws of causation). At the Christian or even the Platonic or Aristotelian the foundation and end of all things, the Alpha and Omega, is one, perfect, omnipresent and omnipotent Act, a substance of substance, the thought of thought, the goodness of goodness, the beauty of beauty - essentially, God. Though responsible for all change/movement, he remains unchanged - the Unmoved Mover. Contrary to this Darwinism sees the foundation of things as random particle chaos, and there is no end of things (no goal, purpose, telos).
Right when young men and women are at the time when they begin to develop a view of the world, and right when they begin to feel sexual desire, they are told that they are the sons and daughters of random chaos, and it is more or less implied that their sole purpose for being is to compete with their biological competitors for sex, and then die. Sex and death is their life. This is disgusting. If I had children I would never allow them to be taught this. What a cynical and disgusting view of life. To say that all goodness, truth, and beauty is the fabrication of mammalian brain whose main imperative is to "spread its genes".
Now, it's a principle of politics that no movement can become powerful and influential in society unless it is backed and funded by wealthy and powerful men. It is no accident that Darwinism has been ruthlessly enforced in our education systems. It has been funded by men with an agenda. Marx thought Darwinism was the basis for his materialist view of history; Darwinism was the basis of Hitler's racial supremacist and eugenecist State; and in our liberal societies Darwinism promotes individualism, the war of all against all, sexual immorality / the break-down of traditional morals and families, ruthless consumerism by saying that we are material creatures who have only material ends. The capitalists love Darwinism because it flatters them with the idea that they are Übermenschen who have conquered due to their superior fitness. Socialists/Communists love Darwinism because if men are purely material creatures then all their needs can be provided for by the State, and the ape brain can be totally dominated by education/propaganda.
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/lit/ - /sci/ bat
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>Marx thought Darwinism was the basis for his materialist view of history
Marx already had that worked out before he even read Darwin... Hegel was more influential on Marx than Darwin...
>Darwinism was the basis of Hitler's racial supremacist and eugenecist State
Maybe Darwin via Haeckel
>The capitalists love Darwinism because it flatters them with the idea that they are Übermenschen who have conquered due to their superior fitness
Darwinism isn't a social theory, it's purely biological
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Are there any literary reasons for learning Norwegian?
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no, it doesn't even break tier 2 for european languages.
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>>7536291
can I get a tier list of languages plz?
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>>7536305
Top Tier: English
Worth Knowing, but Not Necessary Tier: French, German
Ancient Tier: Ancient Greek, Latin
Shit Tier: Every Other Language
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How to get my girlfriend into lit. 2016-01-03 17:56:49 Post No.7536273
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How to get my girlfriend into lit.
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Since my girlfriend recently got a lot more time she told me she'd like to try reading some more. Problem is she doesnt really know where to start and i feel like i can't help her all that much because our tastes are really different. She's looking for something that's not to hard to read, not some horrible YA stuff, not to depressing.. Something that's kind of cozy but will also evoke at least some thought. I tried giving her The Hobbit, which she thought was cozy, but the fantasy turned her off a little.
What books could spark an interest in reading? I was thinking some stuff by Jane Austen or the Brönte sisters?
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give her franny and zooey
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>>7536273
The Bees - Laline Paul
Watership Down
Duncton Wood
Pillars of the Earth
Try one of these, my other half has read these and liked them. She also likes social history stuff and there are a lot of popular chinese female authors writing these sorts of things. I cant think of any others off the top of my head, if you want more post and i will look later/tomorrow at what we have if I remember.
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What are some of the best and/or greatest contemporary works of philosophy?
Pic related.
>inb4 "new atheism" and scientistic dribble
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>le quirky tripfag nonsense
>>>/reddit/
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>>7536272
>What are some of the best and/or greatest contemporary works of philosophy?
alain badiou's.
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>>7536276
>I don't understand therefore it's nonsense
You're a living cliche
What's the patrician cigarette of choice, fellow /lit/zens? I always go with the Parliaments/Camels duo. Also - being /lit/ the board to discuss anything literature related but literature itself - /smoke/ general.
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amsterdamer tobacco, ocb bio papers and filters. gauloises bleue if they don't have that. dunhills and sobranies are nice too. i liked belmonts a decade ago but they don't sell them where i am.
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Mustang Azul.
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Ha Ha Ha
No, you shouldn't smoke
You're allowing a corporation to manipulate your biochemistry and lack of willpower in order to enslave you to their product. You're also killing yourself, which is fine in itself, but you're doing it in an exceptionally pseud-ish way. You're not Camus.
This is LCD Soundsystem James Murphy's bookshelf.
What do you think?
Do you know any other famous person with decent taste?
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more like meme taste
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>>7536219
>LCD Soundsystem James Murphy
>Famous
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>>7536232
He's more famous than you.
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Which series is better?
>inb4 neither, I like to read them before I move on to the subject's own work
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"Very Short Introductions" are quite reputable in most subjects they are written about, generally speaking.
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>>7536171
This is absolutely false.
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>>7537417
I've only ever heard good things about them. What's your beef?
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Hey, /lit/. Hope you're well.
I'm looking for literature criticizing capitalism. Would you help me out please?
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uhm... marx?
dialectic of enlightenment? the culture industry?
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Never Let a Serious Crisis Go To Waste
(I haven't read it btw)
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>>7536057
I've already read quite a bit of Marx. I wouldn't mind reading something that takes on capitalism from a more philosophical (rather than just economical/practical) standpoint. Or even something more modern, perhaps about the most recent economic crisis - and/or injustice in a world of capitalistic ideals.
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Thanks, I'll look it up!