/lit/ - Literature

ITT: Kino book covers

Classic

How can I achieve this level of prose?

Utter dogshit

Moar like dis please

>>10539480

Is this perhaps the best book cover of all time?

>>10075083
The Great Gatsby
Or:
> The Sorrows of Young Werther but in USA so everyone is dick

>>9170322
A bunch of irredeemable, unlikable assholes destroy and kill each other. The survivors fuck off into bolivian.

>>9124571
It did make me say "why the fuck do people like this?" Not saying it because I "did not get it", because I was not familiar with that historical moment and maybe I was missing some background (I'm not American). I should give it a 2nd chance maybe.

But I was really, really dissapointed.

I had reached a point this year of despair and severe addiction. My outlook lead me to prison for a short stay. My third incarceration over the past five years; all for 6-12 months, nothing to drastic. I had never had the discipline e to read on my own Accord, however when forced upon me in high school I enjoyed the act immensely.

The facility I was at this last stay had something more than a simple "book cart" filled with James Patterson thrillers and I took full advantage of it. My first read was pic related.

I was blown away by the potential the resides in language as expressed in Fitzgeralds magnum opus. The use of imagery itself, more so than what the imagery alludes too, captivated quenched a long thirst within my soul to relate to others, and correlate my own shortcomings, through literature.

I understand my addiction needs to be continually addressed, however, I feel as though I've come into contact with greater beauties and truths than those attained through my opiate abuse. Literature remains a critical part of my recovery not only of addiction but also of my attempt to find significance in self destruction in a larger sense.

Never under estimate the power of literature.

I'm about 5 chapters in so far, this shit isn't fun.

I got my girlfriend this book for Christmas, what is something sweet and related to the book I can write on the first page?

Why is this book considered controversial? Is it because of the racism?

>So I used to think it was great to be extremely rich and materialistic. but then when I heard that sort of lifestyle compared to the color green... Whoa! that totally changed my mind on the matter.

Some argue that money is the root of evil, that becoming ultra rich leads to corruption of one;s self and others. Do you agree or disagree? This can be viewed in the Great Gatsby as Jay Gatsby believed that money at a young age can achieve his biggest dream gaining the heart of Daisy ,but that dream died like him.

what book has the best cover of all time?

There's more to talk about in these 180 pages than all of literature combined

I didn't like and couldn't understand why this is considered great, am I dumb?

Have you ever read a book you have no interest in before reading it just to say you read it?

>Spineless protagonist spends the summer with rich retards
Is this really the best American literature can produce?

when it comes to books, I hate people describing pic related as the great american novel. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad book, it's just not great. The whole american dream/green light/daisy metaphor/message or whatever just feels empty and vapid.

The prose is incredibly basic, to the point where I feel it detracts from the book rather than illustrate Fitzgerald's brevity. The characters are extremely dull (although I can see an argument for this) and it was hardly saved by is plot which, to be quite honest, was boring with an ending that did not affect me much.

Again, it's not that I think this is a bad book, I just don't understand why it's the greatest american book to some people? It can't seriously be just because of the american dream 'message', because it wears itself very thin very quickly.

does anyone on /lit/ like TGG and can explain to me why it is revered as one of the best of all time?