/lit/ - Literature

>>21807399
Every woman should read this, especially mothers.

>>21743965
There are several reasons why it was a profound read to me; one of them being that Undset's command of language is breathtaking. The second is that no book I've ever read, fiction or non-fiction, has felt as "real" as this one. At times, it felt more real to me than reality itself. This is largely due to how incredibly realistic and complex the characters are; Kristin's relationship with her parents, her estrangement from the father she adored growing up, her innocence of youth being peeled away as she ages and realizes what it was that made her parents fall out of love, her reckless love for the fiance she rejected, Simon's painful dignity reminding her of her worst impulses, the ebbing and flowing feud and comradery between Simon and Erlend caused by the strife of their wives, Kristin's resignation to God as the world falls apart--it's so beautiful and deep beyond belief.

>>4980863
not really the point. it's the same thing as someone doing a shitty english accent--if it's done poorly, it's just irritating. that said, faulkner does plenty of other ok things, and frankly i'm sure he's used to getting punched in the face. he'd certainly have you believe so.

>>4980828
>>4984514
bredy ok fellows