/lit/ - Literature

>>20850304
Tbh Ive cracked it but haven't studied it properly like the NT. I dont feel I am wise enough yet to understand a lot of the subtleties in the OT. I know there is a lot of stuff that's different to the morals of today, but the thing with Mohammed is that he was doing it 1000 years later when the Middle East was in places very civilised and highly advanced intellectually. Im pre sure it was a Buddhist text but maybe im wrong. Perhaps the marriage system works practically in the ME, but it is not spiritually ideal.

>>20850305
I agree on 1. Idk about the Rushdie case and I dont want to "rush" through it and come in half cocked. he does look a little sus to me idk. The laws about speaking out against Islam are cringe too, the Truth spreads it self, welcomes criticism and does not need to be violently enforced.

I've been reading about the Satanic Verses controversy and the whole fatwa situation -- originally inspired by Curb Your Enthusiasm, yeah -- and I was wondering if he is any good, or if The Satanic Verses is worth reading, at least for the historic importance?

Also it was crazy to read about the book shops getting bombed and being constantly under attack, hard to imagine.

What do we think of him?

Why does no one talk about him but butthurt muslims?

Is literature or philosophy superior?

>inb4 no one's superior, we should all just be best friends and dance around with cupcakes and sunshine and rainbows, let's all just get along, just b urself!! :') <333
go fuck yourself and take a side, you pussy

So, I just realized that I'm a literary genius. How can I best make use of my powers to live the best life possible?

>inb4 people projecting and doubting my genius for no reason whatsoever
>inb4 u can't b a genius b/c le ur post on le anime forum!
kek

>>9895844

>>9850239
>Tolstoy on par with Shakespeare

>Santa isn't real

>>9819988

>>9810281

anyone else so intelligent that it just seems unfair to the rest of the world?

Reading literature quickly is about as stupid as listening to music at 2x speed.

Prove me wrong.

>>9728370
>tortured genius
>I listen to Sam Harris

>>9727441
>morans

Can we all finally just admit that prose is just poetry for brainlets? Do you not find it strange how the greatest works in literature are poems?

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>>9700299
you are like a little baby

>>9545723

Where should I start with Salman Rushdie? Go straight into Satanic Verses?

What the fuck is his problem?

>"Thomas Pynchon looks exactly like Thomas Pynchon should look," said Rushdie. "He is tall, he wears lumberjack shirts and blue jeans. He has Albert Einstein white hair and Bugs Bunny front teeth."

>The evening "started a little stiltedly", he added, "and then he relaxed and became very chatty and there was a moment when it was 3am and my eyes were dropping when he said, 'I guess you guys are getting a little tired, huh?' And I was thinking, 'Yes! But it's Thomas Pynchon, so wake up!' And when this long, affable evening came to an end I thought now we are sort of friends, and every so often we will see each other. And he never called again, from that day to this."

:(

magical realism sucks