>Flannery O'Connor actively goaded a friend, deeply committed to the civil rights movement, with racist jokes.
>Not only did O'Connor know hundreds of racist jokes, she apparently relished them, saving them up and spinning them out in a series of letters that have never been published.
Where do I start with this woman and how do I find her fun "letters" ?
what was her problem exactly?
ARE YOU FUCKERS DOING A FLANNERY THREAD?
HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S A FLANNERY THREAD MOTHERFUCKERS!
yo but really can someone edit OP's pic like the "triggered" girl but instead write niggers.
Start with "Everything That Rises Must Converge."
So I'm reading this book, and god damn, is it really possible to live life and be this depressed? I've never felt so saddened by a book before.
What are your thoughts in general?
>>7448309
>is it really possible to live life and be this depressed
what, do you think he was dead the whole time and was depressed?
>>7448472
Shit man, if my life was basically what he wrote, I would've hung myself a long time ago.
>>7448493
please go back to facebook faggot
Can we please have a thread about the new meme trilogy?
>>7448142
>forced memes all of them
>>7448142
Has anyone here even read or heard of one of these? I only know of Arno.
i still think peterburg and finnegans wake should be there along with zettels traum.
the man without qualities isn't enough of a pleb filter
What went wrong? I haven't read it yet and /lit/ says it's extreme pleb trash that's only good for growing kids.
>>7448027
That is true.
>>7448066
and how? explain
>i havent read it yet but I form my opinion from other people on a Lithuanian wood carving image board
19th century literature vs. 20th/21st century literature
do you have something to say?
>>7447852
It varies per country, but my vote is for the 20th: you've got giants like Joyce, Proust, Beckett, Crane, Pound, Gaddis, Gass.
>>7447860
yeah, sorry, it's a question, i was just curious what you guys might think, i personally think the 19th century.
If not Kaufman, then whom?
>inb4 >translations meme
Feel free to share Nietzsche memes, too
>>7447758
you know who else liked nietzsche ?
>>7447922
And?
Nietzsche would have been disgusted that his thought had been used to such ends to be honest
German isn't even that hard you goatfucker
What are the main themes of your current work-in-progress, /lit/?
>>7447710
I don't think about themes. I just work on making a good story.
>>7447714
wot a faggot
Revenge or suicide.
I spared the Eplilogue of this for the night of my 23th Birthday (which is today). I love it, and i think it will be hard to leave it behind, since it was a honourable companion in a godless time of my life.
Still being apprehensive of remaining in a lightless nightmare.
>share your benevolent wisdom about The K-Bros with me by giving me your honorouble mentions about it
>the book made me more religious in a carthatic way
>Liked to proceed on Dostojeski which shall be the next
Keep in mind it's my birthday hence you're all invited to this /lit/-thread party. Lean back and dumpi accidently posted this in the thread with the blonde boobies in the subway before. I am really sorry for being a little bit too high right now
>>7447700
How's the translation of pic related ?
I've read crime and punishment by herrmann röhl but is svetlana geier that superior ?
It's plainly a fantastic book. The Grand Inquisitor, the dream about meeting the devil and the trial are the most prominent in my memory of it.
Read Demons next. It's not as 'perfect' as TBK, but it's characters, particularly Nikolay Stavrogin, are phenomenally interesting and of great relevance for todays society.
>>7449553
didn't read Hermann Röhl
but the language was vibrant and fluent, still old fashioned in but not archaic way. So i think that all laudatios for Svetlana Geier as you could read in the Feuilletonts were legit.
I assume that her work will be authorative for the next 50 years at least
I really want to read AntonCheckhov's stories but don't really know which collection to get, was hoping for a complete collection or bundle of all his work, please tell me your opinion on this matter
Also general short story thread, bonus points for collections/stories that would inspire writing and give you an idea how to base a good short story
did you try googling? this isn't hard to find. oxford chekhov is complete. i don't know why you would want that since he wrote a lot of shit.
I did I just wanted like sort of a second opinion from people who are into this stuff aswell, so you're saying you'd recommend just the pic related p&v edtion?
Borges is always great, and reading him really made me realize how much potential the short story has as a form besides just being a mini-novel like the ones I kept writing.
Is he right?
>>7447623
orwell can go fuck himself. write whatever the fuck you want. besides, doesnt his list seem a bit newspeak to you?
>>7447623
Rule no. 6 should read "Break any of these rules sooner than writing something outright barbarous" or something like that. In the original essay anyway
>>7447623
>If it is possible to cut out a word, cut it out?
If possible to cut out word, cut.
What are some examples of Dadaist literature?
http://markdery.com/?p=51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw2ssNnA_Es
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Dadaist+literature
Hey /lit/, do you value or appreciate screenplays the same as you do literature? If you think Shakespeare (and other playwrights) are /lit/ level, why or why not do you think the same of screenplays?
>>7447333
Name a screenplay that reaches up to the same /lit/erary level as Shakespeare.
>>7448556
Well I guess that's part of my question. Do you think a screenplay could ever reach that status? Not all plays are on the level of Shakespeare, but they're often cited on /lit/ level.
>>7448556
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Synecdoche,-New-York.html
What are the best self-improvement books, /lit/?
Which ones have really changed your worldview?
Books that aren't called self-help books. You can turn anything into a self-help book so don't waste your money on books that are nothing else.
>>7447133
By self-Improvement I don't mean self-help, I just mean books that have helped people change or transform.
Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure
I am considering self publishing (on Amazon) a book about my travels. In 2014 ,in summer, aged 21, I hitch-hiked mostly alone in the Balkans for one month, without paying for accomodation, not knowing any of the local languages and with no hitch-hiking and camping experience. Before that trip, I (I'm Italian) never went outside Western Europe.
The only issue I have is the book is my actual travel diary. Apart from all the personal issues, I am worried about telling everyone I know (and don't know) about me smoking pot. Changing names and places wouldn't be an issue. I'm not a gonzo fan, although another traveller suggested I do this, so that's not an option.
So, should I publish the diary? Would you be interested in reading?
(Pic from my hometown)
>>7446941
Publish it without putting your real name in it
>>7446953
As I normally post updates for everyone on Facebook, many people know that it would be me anyway. Also I was interviewed for my solo travels so it would make sense for me to publish with my real name as I apparently have some "fame".
Honestly the entire premise sounds boring as fuck.
If you don't want people to know you're a drug addict then change the names. If you realize most people expect authors to be degenerates and don't care you should use your real name for your boring book.
>/lit/ being down shows the true meaninglessness of your life
I want off this wild ride
Study harder.
No 1 cares.
this reminds me I have done literally nothing today besides browsing 4chan