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Technically, I could.

>>9640452
please?

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"Please?" That only works on someone who cares about your well-being.

>>9640419
I didn't. Have you?

>>9640424
I haven't either, that's why I'm trying to get some info

>>9640437
What interests you in this book? Why do you want to read it?

>>9640408
>series

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>>9640408

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>>9640422

Just ponder on how to refute the guy that causes you butthurt and whether that would make you happier.

>>9640390
You had to define what you meant by "pseudo-intellectual or masterful" when both of these words have very simplistic meanings, and their only profound aspect is their extensive letter usage. You're already a pseudo-intellectual, you've not to worry about characteristic backlash from either of the choices you presented.
Regardless, learn what they cause people to do and deem them healthy/unhealthy rather than revolving romantically around one.

>>9640401
It is of personal desire unrelated to external provocation but general ease of mind. Not of vengeance or acceptance of others but of existential fulfillment.

>>9640423
I'm cringing at this post. Only because of its lashing and lack of self-awareness. You do realise that there is a difference between wisdom and intelligence, and that the addition of wise/unwise is to include the wise realm of thought along with the intelligent. One could find it intelligent yet unwise, or vice-versa.

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>>9640377

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wtf i thought modern library was supposed to be good

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Usually 2-3 at same time that are connected somehow.

Multiple books at once

Those feet though...

>>9640157
I usually read multiple, but of different types: a novel, a classical work, a more technical one and usually poetry on the side.

>Hard to be a God
>Gospels, Paradise Lost
>Being and Time
>Fleurs du Mal

so nobody read past the first two volumes?

>>9640345
read Kalle Päätalo saatana.

Kalle > Knausmeme

>>9640366
>The series charts Päätalo's life from his early childhood to the publication of his first novel, at the same time offering an interesting view of Finnish history over some four decades as seen from an individual's viewpoint.Some found the slowness of his narration and its seeming sticking to trifles tedious, while his innumerable fans, mostly among his own generation, were fascinated by the very abundance of detail, a meticulous reconstruction of the past. Other strengths of Päätalo's style are his absolute sincerity to the reader - he seemed to leave nothing of his life untold, yet his writing is never merely sensational - and his skillful way with spoken Finnish, especially his native dialect.

Wow, Norwegians really are cheaters.

whatever

>>9640112
Up there with the best of Delillo (Libra, Underworld). I think about it more and more. Needs to be read twice to be understood.

>>9640112
Ratners star is incredible. I just wanted to say that. GR tier

>>9640098
>the view from afar
way to be lame bruh *burp*

The view from afar sounds absolutely horrid

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>>9640098
>think of a perfect title for my book
>google it
>already taken

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>9640061
I dont think he expected much of the Orthodox church after he smashed them for their collusion with the russian state so effectively.

desu tho, having worked in elder care, this is pretty typical of the end of peoples lives. The last thing they see is family fighting over their corpse over money, or yelling at a doctor or withering away in a nursing home.

>>9640061
He wrote in his diary that he didn't want any religious rites done during his burial.

>>9640061
What's that? Is it good?

>>9640057
Did you take these terms, write them on separate scraps of paper, put it in a hat, shake it, then pick out the scraps and write down their ranking in the order they came out?

Because I like it. Very Burroughs-y, or Dada.

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>>9640057
philosophy > poems > plays > novels > novellas > essays > short stories

come on, don't you know anything?

>>9640078
Are you trying to ruse me, Senpai?

>>9639989
>You are your biggest tormentor
Fight club

>Satan is your tormentor
Qur'an and Hadith's

>Women are tormentors of men
Pickup artist literature.

Not a book but "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella"

>>9640011
>Qur'an
Can we stop with this meme please?
At least an incredible amount of great literature is based on the Bible which makes it a necessary read but little to nothing of importance would base itself on the Koran. It would be such a waste.

>>9639969
Berossus' Babylonaica

>>9639973
Su diario

> The Pale King will never be finished

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>>9639938
what cant he do?

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>>9639941
get out and experience the world. that's why your writing is so shit anons.

>>9639938
Is that Vollman?

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My youngest brother's favourite book. He's 20.

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worst

or BEST???

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>>9639901
> one of the most popular books amongst young girls
> concerns have genuinely arisen in schools ordering this book claiming that it's so popular that it's dumbing the children down
> fashion blogger youtuber has a book ghostwritten with her name attached and makes millions
> this shit makes millions

No wonder people say print is dead. There will be no Joyce of the 21st century.