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are they special snowflakes? ;)

>>7387783
For the boy I'd recommend The Room, by Hubert Selby Jr
For the girl I'd recommend JR, by William Gaddis

>>7387783
Meditations for the lad and a cookbook for the lass

>>7387743
I haven't read that, but I like his other two novels.

>>7387743
>Though it is generally critically acclaimed, I don't hear much of it in the media
Where the hell are you from? Sweden?
It was enormous in Norway, as Min Kamp 6 will tell you, and it has become pretty well known here in Denmark as well. I would presume it's the same in Sweden, though they might be a bit more critical of it than the Danes - who love controversial and don't give a fuck about privacy.

It's getting quite a lot of talk in the United Kingdom as well, only the French are unimpressed by it.

>>7387767
The swedes are incredibly butthurt about him, and there are quite a few "public intellectuals" here in Norway too that are getting upset.

it flourished like 1820-1900 and died

the commies killed all the culture

bump. Papa Dugin in the house!!!

I forgot to mention it was for a college essay.

>>7387699
/lit/ - literature

if you are a qt 2d girl i will help you

Finnegans Wake

But you didn't see that one coming, OP.

The Peregrine by JA Baker.

>>7387649
>>7387649
I liked Dorian Gray, desu.

Mostly poetry or re-reading books.
It's too hard to concentrate on new books for a long read.

Comics, can't read quality shit when I'm high.

Can't read while high. Mostly watch movies or listen to music.

they aren't

dunno really, I thought the Hobbit was fine as a childrens book, could never get too much into the lotr books though

>>7387563
Considered to be one of the first massive fantasy world worlds to be created by a writer.

Not even remotely the first though, religion came first.

Garnett
>Then -- this is all what you say -- new economic relations will be established, all ready-made and worked out with mathematical exactitude, so that every possible question will vanish in the twinkling of an eye, simply because every possible answer to it will be provided. Then the "Palace of Crystal" will be built. Then ... In fact, those will be halcyon days. Of course there is no guaranteeing (this is my comment) that it will not be, for instance, frightfully dull then (for what will one have to do when everything will be calculated and tabulated), but on the other hand everything will be extraordinarily rational. Of course boredom may lead you to anything. It is boredom sets one sticking golden pins into people, but all that would not matter. What is bad (this is my comment again) is that I dare say people will be thankful for the gold pins then. Man is stupid, you know, phenomenally stupid; or rather he is not at all stupid, but he is so ungrateful that you could not find another like him in all creation. I, for instance, would not be in the least surprised if all of a sudden, A PROPOS of nothing, in the midst of general prosperity a gentleman with an ignoble, or rather with a reactionary and ironical, countenance were to arise and, putting his arms akimbo, say to us all: "I say, gentleman, hadn't we better kick over the whole show and scatter rationalism to the winds, simply to send these logarithms to the devil, and to enable us to live once more at our own sweet foolish will!"

>>7387568

P&V

>And it is then – this is still you speaking – that new economic relations will come, quite ready-made, and also calculated with mathematical precision, so that all possible questions will vanish in an instant, essentially because they will have been given all possible answers. Then the crystal palace will get built. Then . . . well, in short, then the bird Kagan will come flying. Of course, there's no guaranteeing (this is me speaking now) that it won't, for example, be terribly boring then (because what is there to do if everything's calculated according to some little table?), but, on the other hand, it will all be extremely reasonable. Of course, what inventions can boredom not lead to! Golden pins also get stuck in from boredom, but all that would be nothing. The bad thing is (this is me speaking again) that, for all I know, they may be glad of the golden pins then. Man really is stupid, phenomenally stupid. That is, he's by no means stupid, but rather he's so ungrateful that it would be hard to find the likes of him. I, for example, would not be the least bit surprised if suddenly, out of the blue, amid the universal future reasonableness, some gentleman of ignoble, or, better, of retrograde and jeering physiognomy, should emerge, set his arms akimbo, and say to us all: “Well, gentlemen, why don't we reduce all this reasonableness to dust with one good kick, for the sole purpose of sending all these logarithms to the devil and living once more according to our own stupid will!”

>>7387570
>>7387568
>spite

>>7387546
narziss and goldmund is really good imo

The one that deep down you know you truly want to read, anon. give yourself time to think about it

>>7387546
crying of lot 49
you can knock it out in like 3 hours

"how bout them cowboys?!"

>>7387509
Hi fellow Dallasite. Have you tried Ten Ramen yet near Addison? Shit's so cash.

Torquato Tasso?

>>7387491
>I enjoyed reading her books
Me too, but you can't say that here.

Her philosophy is childish and retarded, but I enjoy her epic-poem like style of prose. Every one of her characters is either a complete hero or a complete villain.

Her prose is actually totally fine, she writes action fairly well and cleanly. Her characterization, though, is moronic (all characters are either saints or devils).

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I agree OP.

Burroughs is the one on the right

>Bosch
LOTR or something, anyways, get a taste.

Gaddis

Falling off the wagon.

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>>7387255

>>7387285
THINGS?!!
BIG

>>7387084
Fitzgerald or Lattimore, depends on what you want.

>>7387084
Pope.

why doesn't it exist? ;_;

>>7387084
The original.

>>7386988
No one to talk to

>Is discussion necessary in order to fully appreciate a book?

there is no such thing as 'fully' appreciating a book. you will miss stuff even if you spend twenty years studying a single book. so no. it might enhance your appreciation but it's not required.

>Do you have anybody to talk about literature with in real life?

yes.

>Do you activly seek the discussion, or are you just trying to push your opinions on others?

why would i care about what they have to say if its essentially the same as what i think? i mine people for their viewpoints, pushing mine is counterproductive.

>>7386988
It's important, but hard to find people to discuss with.
It can uncover nuances that you may have missed and offer perspectives that you hadn't thought of.
Also, since the need to connect with other other people is a part of human nature, it's better to do it over something worthwhile like lit