/lit/ - Literature

>America
Whitman. Moby Dick is fantastic though.
>France
I dunno, maybe Proust.
>Germany
Either Goethe or Schopenhauer
>England
Shakes... however if we count Ireland Joyce surpassed him I would say
>Spain
Cervantes. Don Quixote unironically made me cry
>Italy
Italo Calvino. He took the inventive short story tradition of Borges but accomplished much more with it. Maybe I'm supposed to say Dante but I haven't read the inferno yet.
>Russia
Tolstoy. He was a greater artist than Dosto, had much richer characters, and was more honest in his writing.
>Japan
Kenzaburo Oe. Brutally honest and relatable storywriter.

>>10904430
From what I've read so far, which isn't much:
Moby-Dick, Don Quixote pt. 2, Wuthering Heights.

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>>10552979
I make this exact handmotion when I see plebs like you on the street

>>10541019
>mentioning reddit, even ironically

>>9776667
>Reading for the plot

>>9507252
You are no pleb m8 you are European. If you were from a third world contrite I would have told you that there was no hope. I suggest you start reading The Economist cover to cover every week and in two or three years you will be more informed then the majority of the population. It will introduce you to almost every debate and issue happening in every part of the world mostly in politics and economist, although there is a science and literature section. Make sure you read everything and google anything you dont understand. At first it will be confusing and difficult but as time goes by it will get easier. Its not hard to do, you will have a whole week to read each issue. In my opinion The Economist is the publication that has it all almost. It will give you the practical information that you need to know about the world. As for books, I recently read "World Order" by Henry Kissinger and its a pretty good simple introduction for a way of looking at the world. Just stick to it, make it a part of your daily routine and over time you will become an "informed" person. Then when you know a thing or two about the world you can choose to specialize in something you think you like, no one knows everything about every subject.

Illiad