/lit/ - Literature

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>hear about Murakami all the time
>see this thread
>look up premise on wikipedia
>Plot synopsis[edit]
A 37-year-old Toru Watanabe has just arrived in Hamburg, Germany. When he hears an orchestral cover of the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood", he is suddenly overwhelmed by feelings of loss and nostalgia. He thinks back to the 1960s, when so much happened that touched his life.
>drop it before ever picking it up
I'm suddenly embarrassed for a lot of people. It may as well be about lightsabers and Pokemon.

>have to write 1,000,000,000 word essay
>it's due in 10 seconds
>haven't even started

>>6899294
>tfw 5'9''
>"hey anon, how tall are you?"
>"Oh, you know, 5'10''."

I proudly display V., Gravity's Rainbow, and Infinite Jest on my bookshelf, but have read none of them.

I bought Richard Fãrina's book just because Pynchon wrote the introduction for it.

How did this guy even make his money? All his tips involve reading shitty self-help books with no mention of a job or investment strategies, how do we know he didn't just break into some guy's house and film himself?