/lit/ - Literature

>>22232071

>>21868754
So where would I learn about it as it was before the restoration? Any primary sources in translation? Abuse me all you like, so long as I get valuable book recommendations.

This is a real poem I found written in the boys bathroom stall today.
>Those who write words on the bathroom wall, are the ones to roll their shit into a ball.
>Those who read these lines of wit, are the ones who eat these balls of shit.
Move over robert frost.

>>20956915

>French
>English
>German
Why have these three languages disproportionately produced the greatest writers and literature of all time?

For millennia men have born the brunt of war and violence, and so the male brain evolved to be good at creating imaginary situations as a form of escapism in response to the harsh realities of war and the responsibility to providing for a family.
Women, being the rearers of children and the homemakers, never had quite such a need for this particular form of imagination, as escapism wasn’t evolutionarily necessary for their psychological wellbeing and survival

What are the best translations/editions of all of Mishima’s best and most important works?

Jannies, do not delete this thread again. I make a thread to ask for book recommendations on a serious topic and you delete it within minutes, but leave off topic bait threads up for hours.

Give me your best advice on reading philosophy in an efficient, effective manner.
I spent 9 months just getting through Nicomachean Ethics because I was paralyzed by the fear that I was missing something. It is untenable to take so much time to read such a small volume of content. At this rate I’ll be dead by the time I reach Hegel

>>18473715

Interesting. I see you cut lots of the 'I's out. This changes somewhat the feel i was going for but I can see that it can make more sense. I really like your changing of the sentence "maybe i can change things" to "maybe things can change". This way the sentence is just right.
I also edited it some more own my own. Here's your version combined with my edits. I dont like all your changes but some were needed.


I sit naked on my folding chair on my balcony. Reading a book on my ereader, drops of sweat chasing each other down my skin. It is summer again. I try to focus on my book but the longer i read the less words penetrate my consciousness. Collapsing into myself, eyes closed, so little energy. Inside, my phone keeps buzzing. Messages. My eyes open and look down my body. The excess fat disgusts me. Am i depressed because I still live in such a body? I turn off the ereader and walk back into the appartment. Throwing the device onto my bed next to my phone I walk into the kitchen past the paper boxes which contained the food i ordered, ate and puked into the toilet, the phone buzzes again and again. Probably Martin. I ignore it, dont have the energy to engage in any type of conversation.
There must be ONE thing i can do to make my life a tiny bit better today. I start doing the dishes that have been piling up in the sink the last three days, cleaning the kitchen area meticolously. Things start do happen on their own, I just do what needs to be done in space, in this moment. A stern energy grips my mind. Maybe things can change.
As I sweep the last drops of water off the counter a massive light is bursting through the windows. Slowly turning around, the last thing to hit my retinas is a picture of a huge mushroom cloud behind the horizon.

Strp 1:
I pick ten random books.

Step 2:
I start reading each one while stroking my penis.

Step 3:
Once my penis has achieved full erection, I mark the point where erection was achieved with one of those colored sticky book markers.

Step 4:
pick the one with the lowest number of words read to erection.

The more I read, the more I realize that there is no such thing as a difficult book, just unpracticed readers.
People say that books like The Magic Mountain, 2666, In Search of Lost Time, or The Recognitions are difficult.
I have read them all recently and had absolutely no trouble understanding them. You simply have to adjust to the writer’s style, which happens fairly quickly if you don’t give up.

Is the concept of a “difficult” book just scaremongering/gatekeeping to make literature seem more intimidating to outsiders than it really is?