/lit/ - Literature

>>18212929
What kind of stogies?

>>18212938
Next Select.

inb4 pointless and useless thread poster
I love pointless and useless threads

>>18212991
I love you, nigga
C'mere

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>>18213385
Nice

>>18212991
>>18212994
Based and wholesomepilled.

>>18212929
a thread died for this

>>18213385
Czemu tyle polaczków tu jest?

>>18213959
GOOD.

>>18213385
>Polski
Bazowe

>>18213385
Why do you have books in polish & english, when you can get Goethe just in polish?

Stakk

I'm gonna get yoked /fit/ I even got the good horse shit this time.
Will post gain pictures later

>>18214639
what is that stuff in those vials, anon? is that seroids??

>>18214609
German translates better into English than Polish

>>18214650
Its the stack I'm running the next 8 weeks get ready for white boy summer
> do you even lift bruh

>>18214630
Brukar rekommendera Aniara av Harry Martinsson till svenskar på nätet. Det är nog bästa svenska diktverket de senaste 100 åren, du gillar nog den om du tyckte om Röde Orm.

>>18214659
there's a lot of vials thete. are you gonna inject all of them? i thought you just inject test-e and that's it. you probably know what you're doing, but that does look... alarming nonetheless

>>18214659
Do you speak English?

>>18214675
Normally I stick to that dwarf shit because its safer then straight tes to the ass but what can you do its nearly white boi summer and the GHD are just not do it senpai

>>18214676
What's you gonna lift that pile of paper you got their your never gonna get buff with that attitude, I'm gonna fuck so many chick while you try to get fit with what 4 novels and 2 gay poetry books that can't be any more then 2-3 pound you need to add some more weight to really get those gains

>>18214739
I guess that's a no

>>18214675
>>18214659
>>18214639
Lol I would say you guys learned more from this today then you did from /lit/ it self
>stack means the hormone treatment taken over one training cycle
>tes vs ghd
>don't response to bait unless you nothing else to do

>>18214732
>Lilian Jackson Braun
First time I see another anon read any of her books. How do you like it so far?

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>>18214663
Tack anon, har hört lite om den tidigare och sett att det kommit en film om det. Har ännu inte börjat läsa Röde Orm, men visar det sig att jag gillar den så spanar jag garanterat in Aniara också. Var längesen jag läste på svenska.

>>18214630
>>18214957
basert

>>18214836
I don't know when I'm going to read it. Yesterday I dropped by a bookstore, saw it and bought it because it was very cheap and it's about a cat.

Bump

>>18214016
on jest jeden, tylko w każdej nitce napierdala zdjęciami

>>18214975
Amen, anon.

My to-read shelf

>>18214923
based morrisposter

>>18214923
>a month in the country
Yeah, that's a based from me

>>18214630
>Obscene Bird of the Night
holy based.
And Showdown (Tocaia Grande) is one of the good books from Jorge Amado. His work is very inconsistent, but the highs are indeed high.
Not the best Brazilian writer by a mile, though. If you like it, try to get your hands on something from Graciliano Ramos: they both write about the same setting (the extremelly poor and wild-west-like Northeast of Brazil), but Ramos is technically and stylistically superior in every metric. Dry Lands (or something like it in English) is his most important book, but São Bernardo is my personal favorite.

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>>18214732
never seen a cat's library before

>>18218080
That copy of The Divine Comedy is gorgeous.

>>18213385
That Goethe edition is exceptional, it is easily the best new book I've spent money on in the last few years

A FUCKING LEAF

>>18218110
True, north, strong and free, motherfucker.

Updated mishima shelf

>>18213959
yes

>>18212929
nice knife bro

>>18212929
Henlo Leaf. You wouldn't happen to be in Vic, would ye?

>>18218200
Can you tell me something about the John Waters book ? Is it good ?

>>18218934
No bro, I'm on the mainland.

>>18218923
Anon, I respect you and your taste very much, despite the fact I could not give a shit about D&D, personally.

>>18217863
Yeah, I've read Donoso before, absolutely psychotic and ferocious, took me years to find a copy to buy but the search and money spent was well worth it.

I look forward to reading Show Down, I've already read Gabriela, clove and cinnamon which I thought was fantastic, loved that book, and am currently halfway through with Dona Flor and her two husbands, not as good but good enough (it's much more repetitive than Gabriela). I imagine Show Down will be something like Warlock by Oakley Hall.

And by the way, thanks for the tip, I'll check out Graciliano Ramos, first time I've heard of him

k

started with the Necrophiliac since it's the shortest of the bunch but dont yet know what to read after.

>>18219656
I keep forgetting to grab something of Rushdie, I still haven't read a single word of that guy

>>18219656
The Pilgrim's Progress made the waters to stand in my eyes.

>>18219679
I read The Satanic Verses when I was 17. Never read anything else by him.
>>18219680
Really? I've tried to read it before and never got far. The English is so antiquated and awkward. How do I read it for the maximum effect?

>>18219871
>English is so antiquated and awkward
I guess I can't help you there, as I don't consider it to be either of those things. I hate modern vernacular and find a particular loftiness and splendor in the English of old. It's a pleasure to read for the same qualities of its substance as the KJV, Milton, Longfellow, or even Melville.

>reads in english

Apex kek.

>>18220268
lmao torilla tavataan :DDDDDD ebin

excuse shit tier webcam but finally decided on two books to stick to and not get distracted

>>18220324
Have you started Napoleon yet? and thoughts on it?

I have the same edition of The adolescent too; Everymans are lovely.

currently reading

>>18220412
Ye ive read a good bit, so far so good. ive finished two volumes of Dwyer this year already so im gonna see how it compares to those but obviously its a bit more compact than those two. And yes everymans are bangers, got that dosto and a Camus collection hbu

>>18213385
Gibbon changed my life. Was so interesting the different types of leadership and their outcomes. Anymore like this?

>>18220268
Ihan vitun perustettu.

Some of its for uni but most it just mine. Reading Frankenstein aswell for the first time

>>18221312
What uni makes you read white fragility??

>>18221348
why not read it? Even if you disagree with it, it's important to know what other people are reading. Part of the current discourse in a huge way.

alles normal

>>18221424
>I'll just see how the brain slug is for a moment!
>I probably won't even like it
>besides isn't it problematic to denounce something without trying it first!?

>>18221525
You make it sound very powerful and persuasive

>>18218934
victoria anon?
hello I'm a victoria anon
if you have instagram you can shoot me a msg on basedposter

Going through them a bit slowly because my Polish and French aren't that good desu and Out is difficult for me because I have zero spook tolerance

>>18220502
Hindu?

>>18221348
Uni didn't make me read it. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. was absolutely shocking but i'm glad of got a window into the soul of modern progessivism

>>18214630
That American Donoso is kino

>>18212929
Stop cigarettes OP. They're not good for your health.

>>18221854
>How to read a book
sorry anon you got memed into reading that book

>>18221854
reddit tier

>>18221864
I found it useful

>>18221685
haha no, my mum got it for me as a souvenir when she was visiting india

>>18221520
I'm 28 btw, yes it makes a difference how old the owner of these books is. I've been interested in this shit for 10 years now, but I'm on /lit/ for 2 years. And yes, I've had sex a lot too. I hope now you can see the whole thing in a slightly different light.

>>18221424
>not using libgen for shit-tier authors.
ngmi

>>18221525
imagine not being able to critique something

>>18222218
that wasn't the question, it was which uni makes you read white fragility

>>18221864
It's really good, most people who shit on it were filtered

>>18222319
kek

>>18221717
Yes.

Not much of a reader, but after the semester is over I'm going to try and read at least Nietzsche. And hopefully get into Saint Augustine

>>18223962
Man your confessions looks way better tha mine

>>18218080
Absolutely based, top tier taste. I like everything on that pic.

>>18223962
I don't believe Nietzsche wrote the "Will To Power", nor is it necessary considering he tells you in Ecce Homo "Thus Zarathustra Spoke" is the core of his philosophy, but I'd also recommend "The Greek State", and his excellent "The Twilight of Idols."

>>18223962
You forgot to get the Purgatorio

>>18224828
He wrote it, but he didn't intend it for publication. It's still worth a read but it's probably better to get the Kaufmann/Hollingdale edition since it gives all the entries rough dates and notes help put things into context.

>>18224828
Thank you for your recommendation. Is "Beyond Good and Evil" another book that I should look into?

>>18224836
Yeah I'm getting that right now. These books were from my brother.

>>18219330
thanks guy

>>18221702
I guess that makes sense. What was the most shocking about it?
>>18221424
I'm already very familiar with wokeism, sadly. I'm not going to read the current YA hype to be part of the current discourse either, I can just about imagine what it will be like.

>>18226674
OP here. There's way too much great stuff to read out there and I'm not going to spend it reading crap I'm not interested in.

>>18213959
a died thread for this

>>18222958
not a joke

>>18226682
Well I guess the point they were making was that you don't know if it's crap until you read it. I've found that it sometimes can be enlightening to see how people on the other side of the spectrum think by reading their literature, but usually if you've sampled some you've sampled all. Reading things you're not interested in just to "stay up to date" is ridiculous indeed.

>>18226700
You're right. Personally what I often do is look up video essays on these radical left books on YouTube.

>>18226711
Yes if you're familiar with the general woke mindset that's usually enough.

>>18214630
>>18220268
Wow, look at that - people who actually read books, on /lit/!

I don't know what the rest of you guys are doing unless the answer is "posing as readers".

>>18212929
Ciggarettes are degenerate

>>18227163
stfu

>>18219484
Graciliano is not very well known outside Brazil, but inside, he's one of the great masters (together with Machado de Assis and Guimarães Rosa). Jorge Amado got so widespread thanks to the "Latin American Boom" and maybe his friends in the Komintern, if you want to get conspiratorial. He's a great writer, nonetheless, but his books are way less polished than Graciliano's, and much of his work is pure propaganda for the Brazilian Communist Party — some successfully so, like Capitães da Areia (Sand Capitains in English, maybe), some, not so much.
Anyway, one book from Jorge Amado I read recently and would recommend is The Violent Land (Terras do sem-fim). It's a western in the jungle: two families are fighting for the control of the land perfect for the fast-expanding cocoa plantations around the city of Ilheus. Quite fun.

>>18227503
M'man! Much appreciated! I looked up Graciliano and found two books translated to english, Sao Bernardo and Barren Lives (I take it the latter is 'Dry Lands' as mentioned earlier?). Have ordered Sao Bernardo and I'm going to download Barren Lives (can't justify spending the equivalent of $25 for a book roughly 100 pages when I don't even know the author yet). Looking forward to giving him a chance now.

The Violent Land sounds interesting, sort of like a prequel to 'Gabriela, clove and cinnamon' where they're slowly moving away from the wild wild west to more progressive times, will definitely be reading that too, along with Captains of the sand (though this one feels, after reading the blurb, like a sob story).

Also just received 'Tereza Batista: home from the wars'. I'm really hoping it captures a similar feel as Gabriela did, that book was a pure delight. If you haven't read that one, do check it out!

>>18217720
Extremely nice Irvings. Have you taken a peek at Himmler yet? It's on my short list.

>>18227595
>Barren Lives (I take it the latter is 'Dry Lands' as mentioned earlier?)
Yes. I just checked.
São Bernardo is great. Is one of the most representative books about Brazil, imo.

>where they're slowly moving away from the wild wild west to more progressive times
Yes. He did it a lot. Tenda dos Milagres ("Miracle Tent" literally. I have no idea of how it's called in English) and Cocoa also deals with the cocoa industry in Ilheus (I haven't read them yet, though, so can't comment). Ilheus was his home town ,so it's understandable that he was very interested in it's history.
Captains of the Sand is a mandatory reading in Brazil. You can imagine my face when I 11 or 12 yo me read the scene in which one of the main kids gets horny and decide to rape a random girl in the street and she says "I am engaged! Please do it in the ass, otherwise my fiance will leave me when he finds out I'm not a virgin any more". It's not as sob as it seems.

Gabriela and Dona Flor were adapted to extremely successful Soap Operas. I haven't checked Gabriela, yet, actually, I'll move it up my stack.
I haven't heard anything about Teresa Batista, I hope it's good.

If you ever get really invested in northeastern Brazilian lit, Dead Fire, by José Lins do Rego, is quite good, as well. No idea if it was ever translated to English.

>>18227729
>São Bernardo is great.
Sure hope so, too late to cancel the order now.

>Tenda dos Milagres... and Cocoa...
Yeah, I've heard about those two and Tieta too, with all books named thus far being his most popular works. Don't think any others (or many more) are translated to english. And yeah, his love for Bahia and Ilheus and their people is quite obvious.

>Captains of the Sand is a mandatory reading in Brazil
I know. Kinda hot.

>Dead Fire, by José Lins do Rego
Sadly, I don't think it has been translated. Can't find it in stores, libgen or libraries. Shame, I did find a summary on eNotes and judging from the little I read it sounds interesting.

>I haven't checked Gabriela, yet, actually, I'll move it up my stack.
Do so, I'm sure you'll like it. It's like a continuation of 'Warlock' by Oakley Hall. Except in Brazil. I've downloaded the movie so that'll be my weekend kino. Sonia Braga. Nice.

>>18213385
anon co się chwali książkami po liceum

b

>>18212929
Based Blasphemy lighter

>>18229343
based and lishpilled

yo

>>18229343
Age of Wire and String is amazing, and that's a great edition. Future meme trilogy contender

>>18214732
that cat has a Hitler moustache

>>18217720
looks like some interesting books but I personally would want to brother with Irvings. I like historians who least try to be unbiased.

>>18212929
Bump

>>18232444
Maybe