/lit/ - Literature

I like self help books. Post your favorites.

>>2296113

Nope. I just think that everyone in this thread is a cunt. And now I'm going out to buy some stuff for dinner. So fuck you. Seriously, fuck you all. Cunts.

"Storytellers are not priests who commune with an ethereal realm, but artisans, like dumpling makers, if somewhat slower"

- David Mitchell, "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet"

What does /lit/ think of this theory? I've always seen writers as craftsmen, some of whom elevate the craft to art, but even the greatest writer is still a craftsman at heart.

One of the writers whose attitude/method of working I've always admired is Pablo Neruda, probably the greatest craftsman of poetry ever, and incidentally one of the greatest artists.

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>>2128052
Clearly you have no experience in that regard. Clearly you have no fucking clue about the fundamentals of how the brain absorbs information. It's been shown that a word can be flashed for a millisecond and still be understood.

I wonder if maybe Sasha Grey is actually /lit/'s waifu?

Even the people who claim to hate her talk about her an inordinate amount.

I think she's pretty sexy, for what it's worth. She makes my gentleman go all hard and she makes me want to do a white wee wee.

>is this book really as shitty as it seems?

It actually is, yes.

There are two reactions to Catcher in the Rye, in my experience. The first is

>OMFGWTFBBQ THIS IS TEH MOAST AMAZING BOOK I EVER READ IN MY LIEF IT SPEAKS TO ME LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN FOR ME AND ONLY ME

(this reaction is usually exhibited by those under 20)

the second reaction is

>meh.

or

>what a pile of self-indulgent shit, man up you spoilt middle-class whiner. Yay! He just got beat up by a pimp. Give the little cunt a dig for me, Leroy.

This reaction usually means the reader is over 20.

Basically Catcher in the Rye is an oldfag gearcheck - when you stop liking it, you're officially getting old.

I like chuckles, and this sounds like it may be a return to form after Tell-all, which was a bit shitty and dull.

>"it's kind of like The Breakfast Club set in Hell."

Sounds OK to me. What the fuck is wrong with you haters? I think you all jelly, you jelly of his money and his book deal.

>>1927793

Whether or not that's true, your post was really bent - kissarsery towards someone who you'll never even meet.

It was a shit post, admit it. You'll feel better, and be a more complete human being.

Looked through the sticky, couldn't find anything relevant. What's the best site to find textbooks? I don't want to have to shell out a thousand dollars a semester in books if I can avoid it.