/lit/ - Literature

>>1222455
Etgar Keret? for real?
are you an Israeli or something?

well, from what i have been taught in school (you can't really trust those guys cant ya?)
after the Hebrews founded a country (the few thousands years ago one) the Hebrews decided to write their country's history and religious point of view.
all their neighbors had their history and religion all-ready written and the silly Hebrews were jealous and wanted to write something even better and more awesome. thats why there are a lot of mythical creatures mentioned in the bible, the new-founded-country's neighbors believed in them and the hebs wanted to write about their god kicking the ass of the other gods.

I read it in the original russian, one of my favorite books.

>>1189723
second that... but it's a tie between him and Kafka

>>1181359
found it!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CHP3V068

>>1181352
i'll look them up...
I loved "Genius of the Crowed" and "Let It Enfold You", can you suggest me with more of his GOOD poems?

>>1181334
I mean, just look at this guy.

>>1181172
actually, I agree with you, every thing he writes feels to me just to fucking fake. he's a nice read over-all, but if feels like he's faking is all persona just to be "the cool writer".
he does have a few good poems though.

>>1181080
yeah, I haven't read Post Office yet. but i should have read Ham On Rye it before Factotum.

so, what do you guys think about this book (or about Bukowski in general)
It actually reminds me of The Catcher In The Rye only if Holden was poor, ugly, living in L.A, and not whining as much.

>>1180779
>Finnegans Wake is already on my to-do list
good luck. you'll need it.

>>1180827
trolled me once - shame on you.
trolled me twice - shame on me.
and be ashamed i shall.

just copy every captcha you get until you fill 500 pages, thats how James Joyce wrote Finnegans Wake

in my medicine cabinet
the winter fly
has died of old age

>>1180701
o'right then, what if i'll tell you that I also love exactly the same writers that you do? and hate the exact same writers that you do?
will you still consider my taste bad?

>>1180689
well, iv'e got what i wanted so lets make the best out of this thread and discuss blogs in general.

do you consider blogs as literature?

Iv'e read some horrible, horrible blogs. but there are also allot of well-written and interesting blogs, some of them are better then books iv'e read.

>>1180692
Thank you :)

>>1180684
How can you say I have a bad taste when you don't even know who my favorite writers are?

hey /lit/, i'm looking for good blogs about literature, do they even exist?

>>1180546
oh please, Vonnegut has no age limit.
I'm 24 and i still enjoy him, my parents are more than 50 and still enjoy him.

I read the old testament 3 or 4 times (in the original Hebrew), i live in Israel so I had bible studies in high school, we learnt it from a non-religious point of view and it was actually really interesting. surprisingly they even told us that most of the Genesis book was stolen from the Babylonian mythology.
but judging it as a peace of literature is impossible, there were allot of different writers for every book, there are even some books written in Aramaic.

>>1180366
National Geographic and The Jerusalem Post

well, I don't like contributing to a troll thread but what the hell, it's actually a funny subject.
>>1179166
in my vision -
curly hair
gray suit
red insomniac eyes
smells of whiskey
chain smoking

>Do not go gentle into that good night / Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.