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>>9683651
stop being a brainlet

>>9683651

If you read poems - no
If you read epics or drama, there are sometimes some okayish interpretations/translations

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It depends, I know that Poe was translated in french by Baudelaire who is also a poet, I think his translation can give an other look on Poe's work. Maybe you should try to read both version of a poem if you're good enough with the language.

please stop making threads about moby dick editions

>>9683595
why do you want to know about my dick :( ;)

>>9683595
That is one pretty book

No; I would be interested in reading a book about a smart young man who overcomes his laziness and conquers his existential crises by applying himself to something he has found himself to be passionate about.

Your proposed book would otherwise be written from nothing other than personal experience and a lack thereof.

>>9683582
>le optimistic stories XD

>>9683568
the book you are looking for is Oblomov.

>>9683568
yes, just post your diary!

You're starting to make the protag sound like the good guy. As if that wasn't already evident.

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dream of a ridiculous man by my man Dostoyevsky

Smugglers bible

Honestly I don't think the goal should be to learn to speedread, unless you want to skim before doing an in-depth reading a la Mortimer Adler's method. The goal should be increasing reading comprehension speed, which is doable at first, but you will probably become very difficult and will quickly run into IQ-related processing limits once you've maximized your concentration and become as a familiar as possible with the relevant subject that you're reading.

>>9683485
>I want to learn how to read super quickly
Don't, that's retarded.

>It’s simply not possible to comprehend what you’re reading and avoid using that inner voice
Some people can.

>>9683485
Fun fact, I would like to lear how to Covalize while reading.

>>9683439

Just do whatever works for you. Some writers (Anthony Burgess and John Banville for example) write only a page or two a day because they're just very meticulous.

The more often you do something, the better you become at it. Continue writing about what you want to write about--speed, words, and the ability to think through a scene will come more naturally to you over time.

Remember this: the number of words you put on paper is inconsequential to their quality. What words would you like to be remember for, for having written?

>>9683454
Burgess wrote 2000 words a day.

the Chinese Joyce thread was surprisingly delightful

>>9683317
summerfags atm. not usually this active with such drivel. just relax, it'll die down. /lit/ got a lot of attention from the whole /fitlit/ fiasco.

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>>9683317
In a word? Reddit.

Mein Kampf (the reissued version with a commentary)

This week: Some crime novel by Ian Rankin.

>>9683445
I hated the book. Not because of the content, but because Hitler is a terrible writer.

>>9683233
Modern Spanish literature is garbage. Classics are masterpieces though.

>>9683233
People say that about literature everywhere, and yes it almost always boils down to ignorance

>>9683254
Is there anything good other than Don Quixote? I'm Spanish, and I can't think of anything.

>>9683263
What are the top 10 books of the 21st century?

The Maude translation got Tolstoys Approval.
That's the one i read and i thought it was great.

>>9684236
Tolstoy's English was shitty so that doesn't mean much

>>9683219
I'm reading the Maude translation of War and Peace at the moment and it's very good, fwiw. I have nothing to compare it to though.

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>>9683203
Who the black man?

amazónica

>>9683184
Oh but I want them for free

>>9683175
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腐ったの女でもかまいませんよ

There is something inherently human about the will to live. I think that this perspective is an interesting, and more logical outlook than the romantics of Mishima. They sort of complement each other in painting Japaneseness, and join together on the principal topic which is to reject what it has become.

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>>9683130

>A coward for not succumbing to the herd mentality of nationalism

Conscientious objectors will always exist as long as individuals value the inherent human will to be alive.

>>9683130
That depends on his motives

>>9683102
Could do with a bit more color

>>9683102
that´s a big shelf

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>Maps
>Stamps
>Is that a corkscrew in that basket?
>Le doomsday clock
>Henry Moore replica
>Egg and ritual mask, probably sold by some Ethipian refugee pedler
>Mom's framed picture
>Less than a 1000 books

THE MORTAL BEHIND THE GENIUS

catcher in the rye

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>>9683100

Machiavelli
The 48 Laws Of Power
The Person and The Situation

>>9683100
My diary honestly