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I like "Behind the bathtub" by Colette Audry, about her dog and herself.
Animals in Kundera's work are also often "real" characters, or at least interesting even when not characters stricto sensu
In a more fictional (and anthropomorphic) way, I liked "City" by Clifford D. Simak

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>>7362608
Whenever I pick up mason Dixon, when I get to the dog I put it down in disgust. Yet I loved master.

>>7362528
that's sad man

Every main character I write is always in average strength or weaker strength physically. They are never really the bravest of the group either. Normally those two traits fall onto side characters. The main character never develops to be stronger/braver than them, either.

Still not sure if this is a bad thing or not.

>>7363466
well if you were always not the bravest guy it is probably hard to write a convincing brave main character, especially for novice writers

I love that book. Unfortunately lent my copy to an ex and never got it back.

>>7362505
The cover looks like a pepe to me. I have a serious problem.

>>7362532
Exactly my thoughts.

>>7362464
Your vagina

>>7362464
bump

Gran just looks so warm and comfy herself.

>>7362421
>reads "heavy" lit quickly rather than meticulously analyzing every sentence

>>7362425
thanks man

>>7362425
This desu. These books are meant to take a century to read owing to the effort required.

My journal, but don't just read it, live by it.

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>>7362383
The meme trilogy

>>7362383
The Summa Theologica by Ansem of Cranberries

It's nothing like that.

>>7362377
its like watching a translated film

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>>7362377
I don't have time to waste learning other languages when I have so many books to read and I'm already native in the language best suited to reading the widest range of literature on the planet.

The greeks or DFW. Your call, really.

Since you like fantasy, Don Quijote would be a good starting point

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>>7362339
The Iliad and The Odyssey

1) It'll appeal to your fantasy tastes
2) You'll be reading true patrician lit
3) Starting with the Greeks

Something wacky and ironic

something InSaNeEee, mannn. Remember the sixties? Lmao.

>>7362514
>>7362523
Reading is for FAGS, right? Right? —Ahem, no I read, just not this pomo shit. I can talk intelligently about, like, Franzen and Murakami and Nabokov... I read the first third of Lolita, I can discuss it. So much elitism. Pynchon is just garbled nonsense, deny it. Even I, yes me, couldn't get through that trainwreck called Gravity's Rainbow.

Maurice by EM Forster

>>7362209
Looks good. Thanks for the recommendation

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>>7362210
no problem

On another note, have you seen this lady's review of the immoralist? It's so fucking bizarre.

>>7362131
Katje and Blicero

What makes you go to those cancerous websites?

>>7362131

God and Man

Revelations is fun.

The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
Allogenes – The Foreigner
The Apocalypse (Revelation) of Adam
The (First) Apocalypse (Revelation) of James
The (Second) Apocalypse (Revelation) of James
The Apocalypse (Revelation) of Paul
The Apocalypse (Revelation) of Peter
The Apocryphon (Secret Book) of James
The Apocryphon (Secret Book) of John
Asclepius 21-29
Authoritative Teaching
The Book of Thomas the Contender
The Concept of Our Great Power
The Dialogue of the Savior
The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Eugnostos the Blessed*
The Exegesis on the Soul
The Gospel of the Egyptians*
The Gospel of Philip
The Gospel of Mary
The Gospel of Judas
The Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of Truth*
The Hypostasis of the Archons – The Reality of the Rulers
Hypsiphrone
The Interpretation of Knowledge
The Letter of Peter to Philip
Marsanes
Melchizedek
On the Anointing
On the Baptism A
On the Baptism B
On the Eucharist A
On the Eucharist B
On the Origin of the World*
The Paraphrase of Shem
Plato, Republic 588A-589B
The Prayer of the Apostle Paul
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
The Sentences of Sextus
The Sophia of Jesus Christ
The Teachings of Silvanus
The Testimony of Truth
The Thought of Norea
The Three Steles of Seth
The Thunder, Perfect Mind
The Treatise on the Resurrection
Trimorphic Protennoia – Three Forms of First Thought
The Tripartite Tractate
A Valentinian Exposition
Zostrianos

Book of Job.

Kindle (5)'s pretty good. Easy to use. Cheap. Long battery life. Comes with dictionary.

>>7362133
This desu. I'm waiting for the Christmas sales to buy a replacement for my 5.

can someone tell me how this works? i read the wikipedia page briefly, but i do not quite understand exactly how it works. i have seen people reading such books before on the airplane etc. and to me, it looks like a regular paper-page with a plastic frame around it, but is it like a glass screen similiar to an iphone or something like that? (sorry if english is bad, not an english person).

If you can't read German, your first language.

>>7362055
My English is pretty much on par with my Dutch, I have only really read Enlgish books so far.
I just have the feeling that English translations are somehow superior, I base that on nothing though.

>>7362059
I'm not much, but I'd guess that there are a lot more people putting the effort into translating Kafka into English than Dutch. Something good has to come out of that.

>>7361918
start with the greeks

>>7361918
Yes. I did and it was perfectly understandable.

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lol