/lit/ - Literature

I studied history. It was very enjoyable but rather useless career-wise.

As you're Dutch maybe English will be more beneficial?

All I can say is that I hate most Naturalism.

Frank O'Connor - My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories

Really great writing.

NYRB publish a lot of good stuff, I'll always take a look at book if I see their logo on the spine.

Anyone studying history should read Carr first.

Haven't read this book but the other two Bellow novels I read were fucking boring (The Actual, More Die of Heartbreak).

>>756235

In a way this entire thread is quite depressing.

love this internet tough guy and all his profanities

BA History
MA Asian History

Great to study, not much use career-wise (poor liberal arts students!). Might get back into academia as a result though. If I were competent in any of the Asian languages I probably would have finished my PhD by now (yes, that thought makes me rage).

The First Law trilogy (starting with The Blade Itself).

Guh, I hated Neverwhere and will never understand the love for it.

American Gods is at least half-decent.

Gaiman should stick to graphic novels though.

>>753449

I'm big on all sorts of vendors for books but you've really never had a new release you've had to go out and buy brand new?

>>753255

Personally, I love Carver and would recommend anything by him (so long as you don't mind a slightly grim picture of ordinary people's lives).

WICF is a collection of his stories from across all his works, so it should be a very good introduction for you.

Okay, /lit/, I know we're all about scrounging books on the cheap from various sources.

But! What was the last hardback book you bought brand new at the time of its release? What couldn't you hold out for, regardless of the bulky hardcover format and hefty price?

Pic related.

>>752354

Some were: obstreperous; egregiously; supine; peroration. Ulteriority also caught me out until I looked it up and it made obvious sense.

I do. "I Am A Cat" left me with a whole load of words I'd never encountered before.

Go for it.

The most unnerving thing I've ever read is the William Gibson short, "Hinterlands."

All those green cover Penguin editions are cheap but they sure feel it when you get them in your hands (and do you know what translation you'll be getting?).

They're cheap, yes, but try to know what you're getting.

Oh, the trolls of /lit/!