bookshelfs of lit

>>8054327
and focus on making the picture as unreadable as possible

>>8054342
This thread is not about wether or not you have Hegel on your shelf

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mostly uni stuff, I have a lot more books back home

>>8054425
is the book of disquiet as great as everyone claims?

>>8054394
These threads usually are, though...

>>8054425
>Eugene Zamiatin
>Eugene

that's a translation too far

>>8054327
>bookshelfs
out

also turn your fucking books around. and take a better photo

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>>8054327
???

>>8054402
>>8054425
Decent but too small

just moved from one bookshelf to two so forgive the empty space

>>8054487
how have I never noticed that

>>8054466
it's good if you have depression

>>8054554
give us a quick precis of that book about precolonial black africa

>>8054466
It definitely is, ignore these people that think you have to be severely unhappy to appreciate it, people who think that way don't even understand the point of literature

>>8054677
Accurate. You don't have to be an alcoholic to read Under the Volcano, you don't have to be homesick to read The Odyssey, etc.

>>8054633
how can there be a book about something for which there is no record?

>>8054734
>there is no record of precolonial black Africa

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Most aesthetic shelf coming through

>>8054554
Why'd you put the two Komatsu books away from each other? Why is 復活の日 next to some business books also in Japanese coupled with some loose volumes of manga above? Looks like you just bought all the Japanese stuff from a used bookstore. BTW さようならジュピター is pretty interesting.

>>8054755
Er, well, I guess you've found what you enjoy?

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>>8054327

>>8054755
+10 karma

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>inb4 too mexican

>>8054425
where'd you buy that shelf? I need something similar to put up the books the I'm going to read next.

>>8054784

Dude I think there's something wrong with your shelf.

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just redid mine yesterday after moving

>>8054804
one of your lego figures has fallen over

>>8054818
i've seen those yellow USED SAVES stickers on a few pictures on here. what place is it that puts them all over its books? don't they peel off?

>>8054840
my uni bookstore did, I'm not sure whether they'd be used by more than one institution or are maybe a brand that gets used by chance at any given place

>>8054633
>Eurocentric historians ignore the existence of documents illuminating precolonial African history
>Africa was bretty gud back then and only turned to shit because of colonialism and random disasters like draught
>A lot of African culture was influenced by Islamic and European contact, but European culture is no different
>All of the "bad" parts of African culture and history are analogous to European culture and history circa the same time in ways that are ignored
>Ancient African culture was built around non-competitive, communal values and an ethical structure of equality between classes, which is why they were able to be colonized and performed poorly under capitalism

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>>8054327
Nice. This is my bookshelf.

>>8054845
>KANGZ believe this

kek

>>8054781
I did just buy random shit from a used bookstore, back when I was learning Japanese. I've all but lost the ability at this point but I still use them as ornaments.
They're not that good though m8.

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>>8054855
Well, no, not really.
"Kangz n shit" folk tend to imagine that Africa was a thriving society with lots of riches and so on and whatever. That book really emphasized the fact that Africa was shitty in a lot of ways, but so was Europe. Certanly not that Africa was by any means more prosperous than the rest of the world. Altough he talks a lot about how much gold there was lying around everywhere.
But also obviously some of them were actually kings at some point. Like roughly one per kingdom at a time.

>>8054808
https://www.google.ca/search?q=shelf+lamp&safe=off

>>8054677
what is the point of literature?

>>8054327

Is that all volumes of Collapse Journal on your shelf? MY NIGGA

>>8054842
Yep, same deal with some of my books. My Gargantua and Pantagruel has this gross adhesive residue that I haven't gotten around to scrubbing off

>>8054845
>>A lot of African culture was influenced by Islamic and European contact, but European culture is no different

yeah, east africa traded with the muslim world and china. things like the Kilwa pot sherds show this:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/a_history_of_the_world/objects.aspx#60
interesting how this article points out that africa adopted islam to avoid being taken as slaves by other muslims

>>8054909
gives us something to shitpost about

>>8055022
Yes, exactly. Thanks for the article. It was also a major supplier of gold for the Arab world at that time. But Diop also made the point that the cultural exchange between W. Europe and the mediterranian, the Arab world, and the far east by proxy was a major factor in the development of western European nations as much as African nations.

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Critique my taste! Make me feel small! 1/5

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>>8055569
Sorry, here's normal

>>8054818
I like your Vegeta figurine

>>8055569
>>8055574
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>>8055585

>all that philosophy
>nice mix of old and new lit
>amerika, bleeding edge, under the volcano
>lynch, cassavettes, ozu, suzuki, tarkovsky, etc.

love it, man.

questions- how is the moviegoer? how is sculpting in time? have you actually read phenomenology of the spirit? if so, what should I be familiar with to prepare for it, besides kant? any useful guides to help get through it?

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>>8055598

pseud/10

>>8055628
even bigger pseud

>>8055569
Is that a 1st edition of Gravity's Rainbow?

>>8054847
>doesn't include the new commented edition
1/10 try harder

>>8055628
I've read the phenomenology for a class on Kant and Hegel. Kant is pretty necessary background and maybe Fichte, just so you can know who Hegel was responding to and how he goes about finding knoweldge about the thing-in-itself. If you aren't able to take a class on it, definitely consult online resources or a public uni library for help--both Kant and Hegel are hard to understand if you're just reading the texts. Maybe im just not smart enough, though.

The moviegoer is one of my favorites, I read it a few months ago. One of my friends recommended it to me, claiming it was similar to Catcher in the Rye. While I didn't find many similarities, it was great. Percy is one of those guys that gives a very believable and sympathetic voice to his characters. Give it a go, especially if you like Malcolm Lowry. Sculpting in Time is brilliant, though I haven't finished all of Tarkovsky's movies yet so im not sure I get everything.

>>8055633
Yeah, yeah. It's not Game of Thrones

>>8054845
WE

>>8055574
Did you only make it through the prefaces of the CPR?

>>8054554
Is the Film Book worth reading, boy?

>>8055653
Nah, it's a book club version from the eighties. I wish. First Ed TCoL49 though.

>>8055712
Yeah, I've read all of the B version and some of the A

>>8055674

Cheers, man. I majored in philosophy in school but unfortunately never had any exposure to Hegel and I want to fill the gap. I took a class on Kant, though.

I'll definitely check out the Moviegoer. I was thinking about it and now I'm convinced I should read it. Thanks.

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>>8054466
Best book in the world.

>>8055760
Oh then you'll have no problem with it as long as you have some online guides. Good luck and I hope you like them both. Cheers

>>8055819
What's all the hype about

>>8054554
isbn for The Fountainhead?

>>8054784
That is a nice shelf, where did you buy it?

>>8055574
How difficult is it to read Godel, Escher, Bach? I'm not a native english speaker and I don't have a lot of experience reading books in english but I just can't find this book in my native language so I may give it a try

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>Shameless reposting.

Design & French stuff is kept away in different bookcases.

>>8056370
For how many time have you been collecting books? Also, how many languages do you speak?

>>8054897

that's not a link to the shelf you lil cocksucker

>>8056355
It's not hard at all; he wrote it for laymen.

>>8056355
It is not difficult book in terms of the language utilized. Pretty basic explanations. I can't say for sure, but I think you may be fine with this one.

>>8056381
>For how many time have you been collecting books?
As long as you have been speaking English.

>>8056414
there's no need to be quite such a turd, is there?

>>8056416
I was serious.

>>8056416
Agreed

>>8056420
47 years? Really?

>>8055714
the DK one? It's ok, just a list of films basically. They talk about "the big scene" in each of them, which is pretty unique, but the selection and everything else that they say about them is pretty standard.

>>8056280
0452286751
Centenniel edition. Released on the anniversary a number of years ago. Sold some places still. You've probably seen its Atlas Shrugged counterpart in most every bookstore.

>>8056530
The ebert one?

>>8056381

I do not collect with a purpose, I just buy what I like and keep it.
And six.

>>8056370
how is The Fuck Up?

>>8056370

What the fuck is Zicholas Zickleby

>>8054327
senpai

>>8057542

I kind of liked it even though it's not a good book, prose is bad, theme's are bad, characters lack depth.
Some people love it because the depiction of a dishonest, lazy idiot in 80's New York has been done well.

If you are in to that, it's fine, it's not a thick book nor will your remember any of it.

>>8057563

A Monegasque pornographic parody of Nicholas Nickleby in which the main character has a speech impediment.

>>8057859
>Some people love it because the depiction of a dishonest, lazy idiot in 80's New York has been done well.
Sounds like a shittier version of Rontel

>>8057643
positive vibes, bless you anon

>>8056370
That Tizio is beautiful. You're a practicing designer? Can we talk about industrial design via email or something?

>>8054327
Canettis 'Blendung'? its awsum

also do you regret having bought 'Der Tunnel' in german? I do ;_;

>>8057319
Oh. Excellent. Reviews of/essays on his favourite films. I think the latest is volume IV, which is obviously the last. It might.

>>8054847
What the fuck.........................

>>8055569
Clearly you have money, but I'm skeptical of all of this. How much of it have you actually read? What compels you to buy the most expensive edition of so many books? Why do so many of them look untouched? Everything looks unnatural. I can't detect any scrap of personality.

>>8058576
are you so poor that you've never owned a hardback book, anon?
do you have a patreon account or something? i feel like i should donate a couple of moneys to you

>>8058605
I have some hardcovers, but I would never buy a hardback Mao II, for example. Just why?

>>8058576
That's a bit harsh, m8.
>most expensive
Absolutely not. Most of those "expensive" books are less than 50 dollars. There's an antiquarian bookstore a few miles from my house and im friends with the owner--I actually worked there for a time. TCoL49 was a gift.
>they look untouched
I've read about 85% of them. Im certainly guilty of buying books before reading them. But it is nice to be able to pluck them off the shelf and read them at whim. I'm scared of Gaddis, but one day I won't be. I haven't read some of the NYRB either. But hey, I'm working on it. I also try and take care of them. The paperbacks I write in/dog ear but never the hardbacks. Seems criminal.
>no personality
Aw, well, I simply disagree. I love reading and these are the books I like. I suppose there isn't any manga or figurines, so maybe I'm at fault for that. Maybe the taste isn't all that obscure, but I'm 22. I guess im still at that stage in my life where all books are exciting, regardless of era/nationality. I haven't specialized in anything yet.

I'll take the crit, I just disagree

>>8054845
K A N G Z
A
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>>8058625
>Im certainly guilty of buying books before reading them

i think that's generally how it works matey
bookshops don't like it the other way around

>>8054847
Edgy

>>8058557
Sorta, I couldn't carry it around all the time, so I gave up about 200 pages in - I don't have the mental capacity to read lit when I'm at home.
Do you regret purchusing a translation? Are you usualy concerned with reading texts in their original language?

I had the pleasure to read Lolita in Russian and found the prose equaly beautiful compared to the English orginal. Of course, Nabokov translated it himself, so this is as faithful as a translation can get. I believe that good prose cannot spoiled, especially nowadays no one will hire an uncapable translator; a good translation is as much a literary achievement, as the original text (see Hans Wollschläger's Ulysses, or Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel Journey to the End of the Night).

Impressive how you recognised Die Blendung by the color of the spine! Those Fischer Klassik editions are very pleasing the eye

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>>8055598

Good mix of lit and philosophy (and some film?), but where the fuck is your organization? Did you just throw books on the shelf in the order you bought them?

>>8058655
Well im moving out soon. The organization seems premature. I just remember where I have books, mostly. It's pretty haphazard for sure.

>>8054804
>books are upside down
>picture is rightside up

>>8055585
>blurays on your bookshelf

>>8055598
>hardcovers separated from softcovers
>no discernible order

>>8058557
Well yes, in some cases the translation might be as good (or even better) than the original, but it will never be the exact same text. So, now that I´m capable of reading most english titles I do regret having bought translations. Though there are languages I will probably never be able to read, in which cases translations are fine (better than nothing right ? ;_; ).

Yeah I really like Canetti and own most of the Fischer Klassik books.

>>8054554
I like dinosaurs too. Can we be friends?

>>8059387
Where are you getting dinosaurs from that?

>>8059434
Says thesaurus on the right

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>>8058510
It is, but more artsy.

>>8058549
Nope, medic, And thanks, it's from the first production year, hence the crustiness.

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5/5, cannot be arsed unpacking the rest of it.

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>>8059471
Anon sniggered as he read the exchange between anonymous posters. "Thesaurus", he thought.
"Clever."

>>8059489
Well, then congratulations on such a broad variety of interests. It took me an immatriculation into a design university to get really into design and architecture. I'm studying where Sapper gave lectures throughout the 90s, we had a farewell celebration earlier this year.

>>8054755
>ready player one
kill yourself, or go to reddit

>>8054782
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>>8059790
What's wrong with his shelf? I thought people liked LotR.

>>8059800

Any one or two of those books would be fine (except ready player one, that's unforgivable), but taken as a whole it's literally redit-tier

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True patrician here

>>8061160
NINJA SECRETS OF INVISIBILITY + YOGA PAD WIPES + PS4 UFC GAME

Don't fuck me up

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>>8054804
>Ulises

>>8059618
American Pastoral was the worst. I don't give a shit about the Newark glove industry.

>>8056370

>Norton Critical Shakespeare

Mah nigga.

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I know my bookshelves suck. But Ikea was so damn convenient.

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>>8061552
Been trying to replace all my paperbacks with semi-fine or fine press editions.

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>>8061559

>>8061552
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>>8061559
Do you not care as much about the quality of the translations?

>>8061552

Get Ikea's Besta, vastly superior to Billy.

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>>8061561
So have you actually read any of these books? Or is this just an aesthetic statement?

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>>8061561
that's beautiful. i imagine those leatherbound are $150-200 a piece. just beautiful.
have you read most of them?

>>8061632
Those leatherbounds are like 8-15 dollars a piece. A lot of them have really bad translations too.

>>8061633
just gorgeous. limited edition must haves, i knew it

>>8056370

Looks comfy as fuck senpai.

>>8061519
That was a pretty small sideplot

>>8061591
Franklin Library generally used high quality translations, or commissioned their own.

>>8061628
I've read about three quarters of the books I own. I have a bad habit of buying faster than I read. A lot of these were purchased to replace my paperback reader copies. I still read these, but they don't leave the house.

>>8061632
Franklin Library has been defunct since the late 90s, and their unsigned editions average around 35 bucks here in Canada.

>>8062393
That was at least the first third of the book. I found the only worthwhile parts were the interactions between Levov and his daughter or her friends, and those were few and far between.

>>8062594
>and those were few and far between.
His interactions with his daughter were most of the book. The book was about that dissonance. Not gloves. Definitely not few and far between. Did you finish it?

>>8062645
I finished it, but I can't say I was enjoying it by the end.
Most of the book was ten to twenty five page asides going into excessive detail about glove making, or the civil rights era, or the Newark Jewish community.

It felt rambling, like a lonely old man talking to a telemarketer who launches into anecdotes that don't go anywhere. I also didn't really care for the quasi-imagined narration framework with Zuckerman fantasizing about how the story played out.

The prose is nice, but I much prefer Roth's earlier work.