/lit/ - Literature

>>15464475
So if we haven't read some romantic, cosmic-religious poems written in 1845 by Prince-Bishop and poet Petar II Petrovic-Njegos in the decasyllabic meter of Serbian folk poetry, we're not well-read?
<sigh>
All right, hand the fucking things over...

I need 3 good books by historians for my history course work
The question I’ve been given is
“ historians have discussed to what extent Stalin was successful in meeting his aims of transforming Russia. To what extent do you feel he was successful in his aims in regards to industry economy and culture ?

I’ve chosen one book being Stalin paradoxes of power
What others are good

>>14077957
19
6'3
Arabian
The metamorphosis
Philosophy. Noticed a shift towards analytic philosophy and marxism recently
Mahmoud darwish. Al maarri. Dante. Plath
A constant battle between agnostic and muslim. Every fiber of my being wishes I was muslim.
I was a virgin before coming to study in the U.S due to where I'm from. Ever since coming here I have been attracting the attention of girls. I don't ever even have to start a conversation because I know eventually they will approach me. I think it is because of a cute/trustable face in combination with being attractive.
Around 15 I can confidently depend on if needed
4 (All over the past 9 months)

>>14062421
Based

>>14037095
>>14037124
They are always, always disappointing. Why? Why are they so bad. Never smart, never unique, never special. I always go in expecting something, anything, and I leave with basically nothing.

I wouldn't consider ted of the same ilk, if anything ted resembles some of the left wing terrorism more (yes, even if he was anti-left wing)
Eliott rodger fits with them perfectly though. Just as vapid, just as empty and disappointing, but only half white I think.

Are there any characters in literature that are reminiscent of young Stalin?

"Writers are the engineers of the human soul"

Do you find this quote grotesque or strangely beautiful?

After you've decided how you feel about it, does knowing that it was Stalin who came up with it change your opinion of it?
Why/why not?

Personally I'm in the grotesque camp, but I can't tell if it's because of the content or the person I associate it with.

>>13520021
Thanks
Also stalin is based

What translation should I get for:
C&P
Notes
War and Peace
Anna Karenina
Dead Souls
Fathers and Sons
In search of lost time
Book of Disquiet
Men In the Sun
Children of the Alley

What collection should I get for:
Jorge Luis Borges
Kafka

>>12397260
Akutagawa's "Cogs" has some military officers being dicks to him.
Borges was not a jew and Perón fucked him over. Borges was friends with French collaborationist Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (author of Le Feu Follet, that movie about the heroine addict who an heroes). The French government deported him. Borges printed his articles. Also voiced his opinions against Perón. Perón was a Nazi sympathizer btw.
Then McCarthysm, and this suave mother fucker, etc.

Authoritarian governments will always mess with the "jew liberals" in random and vindictive ways (or anyone who opposes them for that matter).
Politicians are the absolute worst.

>>11991537
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