/lit/ - Literature

>be 14 and buy a Lovecraft shortstory collection
>mother is bipolar, every morning talks to herself and threatens to commit suicide
>for the first time ever, my mother shows interest in one of my books and tells me to write my name and address in the front
>obey
>she wants to see what the book's about, turns to the first story, Dagon
>"... and throw myself through the garret window into the street below."
>Hey anon, this word, garret, you know what it means? Underline it.
>obey
>"Maybe one day i'll do that too."
>Walks away
>
>stuck with permanently ruined book now
Thanks, mom.

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>>10923845
>The foreword is just a summary of the plot and themes.
>The foreword is just another author explaining why a few choice quotes are so deep and/or pretty.
>The foreword quotes entire poems from the collection.
>The foreword is twenty pages of nonspecific praise.

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Okay, now I'm really on the laptop so I'll try to give a good summary. Was with a friend last night so couldn't post. Oh, and I'll stop being coy about the scenario, I don't know why I was. The main character's name is Jake. The story is set during a rainy weekend in Tel Aviv (it only rains for two or three months a year, storms only happen in January). Some of the details may seem irrelevant at first but I promise they mean something. I'll also be a bit more detailed in the beginning to set the scene, as it were.

>Beginning
We see Jake staring out the window with a mug of coffee in his hand. Then he goes over to a desk. He fishes out his phone, puts in his headphones, and starts a song. We don't hear it, but we can hear him sing some of the lyrics. Then he crosses out a day on a calendar above the desk, grabs his notebook, and goes to the kitchen to dump the undrunken coffee in the sink. He hesitates at the umbrella in the hall, but then takes it and walks to the coffee shop. (little montage here. If you want to know the "feel" of the movie, you can listen to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4H2138PL68&index=10&list=PL5E9268C1397C7C08)) I'm using only hebrew music.

>The meeting
We see a girl standing under an awning, looking out. This is Liat. She has fragile, sensitive eyes. We see Jake, and he walks right up to her and asks her if he can sit, thinking that she works at the cafe. She laughs and says that she doesn't, and it's a cute little awkward encounter. Jake apologizes and goes inside to meet his friend Dan at this big, communal working table. He puts his stuff down. We see Jake write the number 18 on a post-it note and put it on the current page of his notebook. A few moments later, Liat comes in and sits down a few places over from Jake. They make eye contact but Jake is here to work and it's more cordial. Some time passes. Both Jake and Liat take a few furtive glances at one another while the other is looking away.
We see Jake having issues with writing; he spends a lot of time tapping his pencil on the page and looking around. Some time passes. Liat is trying to catch the waitresses attention, but failing. Jake puts his hand up, and manages to catch her attention. Jake and Dan order coffee (also ends up being undrunken - the whole point about this pattern is that I was doing all this shit because I was in the habit of it, not really thinking if I wanted it or not), and Jake tells the waitress that Liat is trying to order. Liat smiles at Jake and thanks him. Some time passes. Liat sits with a friend. They both look over to Jake, and say something between them. Jake is leaning on one hand, the other hand tapping the pencil on the table. Some time passes. We see Jake's paper - some sentences, but most are scribbled out or circled with derogatory notes. He stares ahead into the distance. We see Liat look at him, steel herself, and then she says: "Hey. What are you working on?"

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I was more just curious than anything. I'm procrastinating on youtube and somehow got onto demolition ranch, and then the dude mentioned the book.

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>Blood Meridian

That's like the polar opposite of Comfy nigga.

>>9720114
because they dont care

not even suicide makes sense in a world of senselessness

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>>9662048
>You people reek of failure. Stop getting hampered down by allusions like a pseud, and fucking focus on the narrative itself.
You forgot
>t. ad hominem pulling degenerate

Cuckchan needs to die already. There's nothing but the vile combination of 9gag, reddit and YouTube here you represent perfectly.

>>9268492
>this person is breeding

There needs to be a non neet reading group. I'm working full time and going to school full time yet try to make time for reading but no way for example I'd be able to read War and Peace at the pace in the /lit/ group. Right now I'm reading City of God but participate in a weekly twitter seminar discussion led by a Professor.

>>8917841
>Men should go to war because they are stronger than women.
>mfw I realise this same boring fucking men vs women argument is going to be played out over the internet for all eternity

Besides, you're missing the point - only fucking stupid people would ever volunteer to go to war.

/lit/-depression thread!

Since iam finished with my masters degree i haven´t read a single book. Whats wrong with me?

>I have no more room for books in my apartment and have to start putting them in odd places

>>8774321

Today I changed my major from English minor in phil. to Finance minor in math.

My gen ed honeymoon is over, and I had to choose. As much as I love English and philosophy, I don't have rich parents or any sort of connections, so if I can't find a job come graduation I'd be SOL.

I guess I'm gonna try to find work in marketing or something because the idea of working for a bank makes me want to puke in my mouth.

Also I might as well go full nihilist and become a raging alcoholic and philanderer to fill the chasm of emptiness where my dreams were supposed to go.

So. Took latest part of Song of Ice and Fire from bookstore today... but that is not the topic. Do you know to reccomend some really good horror books? I mean really scary. Not just something with unexpected and unpleasant twist, but scary. Books that won't let me sleep afterwards. The milieu is not important: fantasy, contemporary, sci-fi etc.

>OP makes a good post trying to engender some real discussion about the philosophical concept of the self
>/lit/ autists, in lieu of discussing, insult his intelligence and fling shit at each other like inept monkeys

this board sucks because there is so much angst and insecurity in each of you that your only avenue of expression is to lash out

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>>8629621
lily

ITT: Write your suicide note

B-but where will we go?

how can I enjoy poetry? I can't read them since my elementary and middle school professors forced me to memorize them. It was fucking horrible, but I feel like I'm missing a huge chunk of literature by not reading them. You are my last hope

>>8424664

it couldn't be more obvious that it is a bait.

what are you even doing.

Somebody who actually cares, put the those big white engineer guys from that new Prometheus movie on the cover of "Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus"