/lit/ - Literature

>>6878164
absolutely not

he likes it not in spite of its bitterness, but because of it, because it's ugly and yet also himself. the wanderer does not know how bitter his own heart is because he has not tasted it, so he sees the eater as "bestial" when in reality the only thing separating him from the man is the knowledge of the taste of his heart. the image is grotesque, but the blood and gore that make it so are quite literally found within all of us, and though they are bitter, they are our heart

crane was absolutely not the type of person to "say you need to brood less," his broodings over his early life were a great source of inspiration for his writing. he was also not the type to trumpet any ideas of transcendence, like the wanderer's idea that he is somehow more human than the eater. he instead wrote of nuanced carnality that many people, like yourself, believe cannot even exist

>>6827724
mon ami you must be talking about tk'tk'tk, by david levine

it won the hugo award like 10 years ago i think