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>>9689251
bataille is a hack

People only know what this book is because of that Of Montreal song

>>9689260
you're right

I was really underwhelmed by Steppenwolf.
Don't have much else to say, just I didn't feel like making a whole new thread. If anyone was really touched by Steppenwolf, please enlighten me.

bitch

>>9689254
>I have two personalities

Why is this book suddenly everywhere? What led you to this book OP?

You should expect a book about 19th century poverty and activism.

>>9689231
It's been on my reading list for a few years and I saw it when I went to the bookstore yesterday. Nothing in particular led me to it I guess.

>>9689221
Expect to cry multiple times throughout.

evola metaphysics of sex?

he said rape is okay is that true??

Histoire de la Sexualité from Foucault.

Asturias' The President.

>>9688868

Rickshaw Boy by Lao She
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Call It Sleep
Saved
Native Son
Never Come Morning
Clockers
The Jungle

Kafka is entry level and not that good.

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I understand why Kafka's important but think I'd enjoy him more if I didn't like my dad desu

>>9688773
(Wrong)

who told you to read this, your mom or your therapist?

>>9688727
It's one of the most penetrating books I've ever read, although truth be told the main gist of it could probably be boiled down to a few pages, or even a sentence: Humans are animals that are aware of their own mortality, of the fact that for all the transcendence and mystery of consciousness, they are also tied to vulnerable fleshy bodies that suffer and will eventually pass into the mystery of death, and much or even most of the human psyche, including both the everyday narrative which people tend to unconsciously run on and the psychological structure of society and civilization as a whole, is a complex of defense mechanisms that keeps people from the full awareness of this.
Is it life-changing? I don't know. It may make you more aware of the lengths to which you go in order to avoid facing the issue of death. I think it can have a sort of stabilizing effect in that many intelligent people already probably suspect a lot of what the book alleges, and there is a certain relief in actually bringing the matter to one's conscious intellectual attention.
Should young neurotic men read it? I don't know. I read it when I was young and neurotic, and it didn't do any damage, at least.

I started reading it after seeing it referenced in Ligotti's CATHM. Although it was a bit heavy on psychoanalysis so I switched to Freud as pre-reading. Wpuld like to hear others views.

>>9688367
Reading White noise currently, just up to part 3 after the airborne toxic event. Some of the chapters in part 1 were well done, others not so much. Overall, interested to see where it goes from here.

>>9688367
I really like White Noise and I think it's fairly obvious that is what Delillo will be read for in the future. I didn't like Underworld nearly as much, but I would still like to read Libra at some point in my life.

Delillo is a really weird author and I think it's fair that reactions to him are polarized. His writing style of making connections between aspects of modern life will be very hit and miss and it will look like he's trying way too hard to be deep when he misses

I didn't like White Noise at all. I didn't find it funny or insightful, just cringey outdated 80s talking points. I can get it if you live in a flyover state it might still seem relevant, but otherwise Delillo is overrated as fuck.

Romance of the Rose

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in original ME. One of the most beautiful poems I've read and re-read.

>>9688332
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._A._Henty

>>9688152

Was this book supposed to be ground break or forward thinking or something?
All I remember is Tao Lin sitting in a fucking jacuzzi smashing some MDMA into his gums and crying about how he's a bitch?

>>9688175
Guess not...

does anyone know how to get to the lake?

read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance, one of the best philosophical books out there.

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>>9688124
If you haven't read 1984 yet, you have not business considering Ulysses...Just read this.

>>9688124
Read them in this order:

>Animal Farm
>1984
>The Trial
>The Bible (Start reading and continually read throughout the rest of these. Don't skim.)
>Crime and Punishment
>Atlas Shrugged
>War and Peace
>Mein Kampf
>The Prince
>Das Kapital
>The Divine Comedy
> Are you SURE you're ready?
> No, really, are you sure?
> Don't kid yourself.
> You finished the Bible right?
> Okay.
> Ulysses

>>9688119
>are you a piece of shit?
No.
>what do you read for?
Entertainment
>what do you read?
Novels,Fantasy, Classics, Epics, Modern /lit/, Romances
>do you read it correctly?
Huh?
>do you even understand any of it?
It's open to interpretation.
>what's your life been like?
Very well, why thank you for asking.

>>9688119
>are you a piece of shit?
Not entirely.

>what do you read for?
Kills time, it's an occasional conversation topic too.

>what do you read?
Whatever looks interesting

>do you read it correctly? do you even understand any of it?
Mostly, if something goes over my head, i'll just look online for different interpretations

>what's your life been like?
Pretty good

>>9688119
>are you a piece of shit?
Probably. I don't think highly of myself at all.
>what do you read for?
Entertainment, Escapism, personal growth (yeah, I realize the irony)
>what do you read?
Books, fanfiction sometimes
>do you read it correctly?
Probably not.
>do you even understand any of it?
I hope so I guess.
>what's your life been like?
Boring, with some painful episodes inbetween.

>>9687878
Reddit

>>9687902
Nice meme

They are inside of Tromofomovitomowich and personified in Shatov, they are the demons of conservatism awakened from the dead earth (hell, notice that Shatov is an eager slave to it) to prevent progress.

bump im interested too

>>9687845

there's a /lit/ discord
https://discord.gg/TgjNuAs

>>9687845
I think that we can all agree that the real question is why does that cat read so many pleb books.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek
Don't thank

>>9687782
He is literally nothing

>>9687782
*sniff* Nothing *sniff*
*sniff* of *sniff*
*sniff* value *sniff*