/lit/ - Literature

>>21050757
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>>21053176
Sometimes this site still makes me smile.

>>17738477
>be dead
>arrive in heaven
>it's a bar with Chesterton, Tolkien, Lewis and all the god fearing based authors
>immediately shed a tear with a smile as I'm cheerfully greeted by my peers
>grab myself a huge mug of beer, drink it all in one go, the most delicious ale possible, become extremely drunk in one second, no ghastly hints of headache or light premeditation of stomach discomfort
>afterlife is gud

>>17687014
>be me
>want to read a book
>jump into it
>extremely dense work of over 1000 pages of content by author of different country, religion and time period
>read it in one go, 8 hours a day everyday, get done in a month
>didn't understand jack shit
>brag that I read it
>vaguely describe the things I remember from it to people when I mention it, so people can attest that I've read it
>people nod knowingly
>still understand fuck all of that book
>will have to read that shit again some day

>>15257295
>V. by Thomas Pynchon
>Blood Meridian
>The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan)
>The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoievsky
>The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
>Pornopopéia by Reinaldo Moraes

They all fuck you up but they all made me cum with satisfaction

>>15251560
>>15251565
>>15251568
I can see based on the replies I have nothing to worry about about should continue

>>15234932
This post puts into words beautifully what I was feeling for over a year now. Thank you anon, that was very well written.

>tfw Hungarian
>tfw picking a Krasznahorkai volume off the shelf
>tfw picking a Karinthy volume off the shelf
>tfw reading Madách

>>10271617
>bigfoot the thundercock

GODDAMN IT ANON
You made me spilt my soup