/lit/ - Literature

>>8115456
so you basically post bait threads, and plebs fall for the given meme

>amiapleb?

>>7846565
>tfw I made this image
Look Ma, I made it!

>>7798412

>want to start a new book
>library doesn't have it
>no local bookstores have it
>no legit free downloads of it
>don't want to pay $20+ for a download because I don't even know if I'll like this book

>>4042315

Implying its not a truly great book.

>>3917798


Oh my GOD, Novinha is the single most unlikeable thing in the entire series, or in fact any series ever.

>>3700615

Damn, what. 10/10 prose, 10/10 oh god what is happening material.

Finished obelisk trilogy by Henry Miller. Looking for similar. Suggestions?

I was going to post some reviews for The Metamorphosis, but I found an interesting connection amongst most of them I would rather point out. To sum 90% of negative reviews up, they are either one of these sentences, rephrased:
>bugs are gross, so I didn't like it
>family were dicks, so I didn't like it
>roaches can't go to work, lol, so I didn't like it

Hah.

>reading Infinite Jest
>try to underline a new word
>the ink spreads into a huge blot, masking the text on both sides of the page
>try to repair the damage with an ink eraser
>it eats away 3 words' worth of printing pigment while leaving the ink untouched, with addition of a giant sickly yellow stain around it
>consider killing myself

Seriously, why is every edition I've seen printed on toilet paper? Now I need to buy a new book.

Am I delusional/stupid for considering studying architecture? I don't have much time left for my decision, and I have no idea what to pick...

>tfw you want to major in Everything