/lit/ - Literature

Rarely seen Henry Green mentioned here. Definitely deserves more love.

>>18418051

>>18418051
this is literally on the David Foster Wallace literature syllabus that goes viral every couple of years

>>18418056
I read Loving last June and enjoyed it
I have Party-going in my to read pile
Hopefully I will get to it before the end of summer

A meaningful life by L.J. Davis

>oh i read nyrb books i'm so obscure and special
every single time lmao

People if they read Matthiessen at all usually only read The Snow Leopard. Which is a shame because this is seriously a masterpiece

>>18418051
I've read books that I know for a fact that I'm the only person who ever read. I won't share them with you retards though, you're not worthy.

Rodrigo Fresan's stuff. Granted I only read his books because I happened to meet him but I think he's pretty good.

>>18418051
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter, really good book imo but don’t see it talked about (often)

>niche author that happens to be my second favorite
>niche subject that is somewhat different than his other books
>costs nearly $1,000
>no digital copy exists

>>18418587
Why don’t you scan it then anon?

>>18418606
because i don't want anyone bogarting my shit, faggot

>>18418606
Cause all I know about scanning is that you have to cut the book up, or so I've been told.

>>18418617
u r big gay

>>18418617
You are literally doing precisely that by refusing to share it you foolish monkey. God you’re retarded.

>>18418051
>Renata Adler
I've only read her brutal takedown of Pauline Kael

>>18418650
>refusing to share
What an entitled piece of shit do you have to be to apply that sort of rhetoric. It's like someone is obliged to share with leeches like you in the first place

>>18418642
makes sense. most of the ways you can scan books non destructively are with stupidly expensive machines. whats the book about?

>>18418661
Well you say you don’t wish to do so due to others bogarting, or selfishly keeping, your rare book, but that doesn’t make any sense since you’re the only one doing that; how would a person selfishly keep a book that has been uploaded online for all to read? Sure, you aren't obliged to upload it anywhere, and it’s understandable not to if the book would be damaged in the process, but the reason you don’t want to share it is mainly because of your obvious selfishness. Perhaps your self-image is bolstered by the idea of solely yourself being able to read your rare little book.

>>18418747
>Perhaps your self-image is bolstered by the idea of solely yourself being able to read your rare little book.
Yes, pay for your own shit.

>>18418755
You are sick in body and spirit

>>18418070
i’ve seen this mentioned here before, but maybe that was you. how does it compare to the movie druk?

>>18418051
Anything by Sherwood Anderson that isn't Winesburg Ohio

>>18418678
The author is a real renaissance man when it comes to conflict and he had connections at high risk labs in the US and he essentially goes through a short history of how destructive plagues have been, how we aren't prepared for them, how it is essentially just a matter of when, not if, another Spanish Flu rolls through and kills millions of people, and then a how to on being prepared for and surviving it.

>>18418785
Better than being "that guy" who believes he deserves handouts from everyone.

>>18418799
I wouldn’t say that suggesting one to upload a rare book that supposedly cost $1000 is the same thing as asking for a handout.

>>18418828
If you didn't know how much it costs, you wouldn't be interested in it anyway.

>>18418841
I looked into it and genuinely thought it was interesting. But I’m a college student who couldn’t possibly afford that.

>>18418587
>jordan peterson

>>18418943
>Yes.

>>18418980
holy pleb

>>18418980
The shelf of onions

>>18418587
hi Chris

>>18419015
>I only read books that intellectuals read, that makes me unique and learned

>>18418587
costs 38 bucks on eBay

>>18419018
>I only read books that other retards on /lit/ read, that makes me based and redpilled

>>18419023
Who's Chris?

>>18419046
Cool. Buy it and scan it.

>>18419036
you could just join the military instead of reading all those gay books

>>18419083
You've never been in the military.

>>18419090
my country has conscription, spent a year riding snow mobiles and shooting guns. never been deployed, tho

>>18419106
Like everyone who joins the military, you should've been a mechanic. That way you could get a job when you got out.

And in the US, unless you're infantry, you only shoot twice a year.

>>18418051
Sneedboat lol

>>18418142
discussing a syllabus that includes a book is not the same as discussing the actual book, retard

>>18418642
>Cause all I know about scanning is that you have to cut the book up, or so I've been told.
Don't make friends with retards.

>>18418142
>David Foster Wallace literature syllabus
Thanks. I'm never gonna touch it.

>>18419036
>>I only read books that intellectuals read, that makes me unique and learned
If I read a book, it's the kind of that an intellectual reads, because I am an intellectual.

>>18420168
>"I am an intellectual"
>"it's the kind of that an intellectual reads"

>>18418786
it was probably me
it has literally nothing to do with the movie drunk except that they both mention alcohol, but in Daumal alcohol is merely imagery that allows him to introduce a surreal imagery that depicts our world upside down and that seek to escape rationality

>>18418580
I try to start threads about it all the time but no dice. Just finished rereading a few weeks ago. I forgot how funny it it

>>18419039
I read this thanks to another thread like this one. If that was you then thanks anon

If Naipaul gets mentioned around here at all it’s usually for A Bend in the River

This one shows his comic bittersweet quality more while A Bend in the River is more of a pessimistic anxiety nightmare

>>18420735
What did you think ? I've got it on my to read list

>>18418587
>no digital copy exists

>>18418360
It was because someone on here recommended it that I grabbed it. Well worth anyone’s time

ive seen kazantzakis mentioned by somebody else once on /lit/

>>18419060
i'll do it if anons are actually interested

>>18418051
The Glass Harmonica by Barbara Nynde-Byfield
It's quite unique, full of tongue in cheek humor and hardly qualifies as a literary masterpiece, but I have yet to meet anyone else who's read it.

>>18421655
i hope you do

>>18418051
I've read it and it's terrible, I'm glad it's not discussed here. And it's not bad because she's a woman, just because she can't write anything interesting.

>>18421655
Sure. I know there are some Benson fans on /k/ that would be interested.

>>18419573
Are these available to be used for free at libraries or universities?

>>18421748
>>18421982
alright, i'll pick up a copy and do it.

>>18418051
There is a lot of criticism of secularism around here but not a lot of discussion of secularist literature

>>18420724
I read it last year and loved it. It's like Huysmans kidnapped the pseudiest /lit/ poster he could find, gave him an estate with a shitload of money, and wrote about the result

>>18422225
what does Holyoake propose? that's a pagan name if I ever heard one.

I'm about halfway through it now and really enjoying it, I was led there by Dorian Grey and find it more interesting lol

>>18418051
pic related or really anything by Sabine Baring-Gould, even though they are all very interesting and informative and inspired the likes of Lovecraft

>>18421655
I'm interested anon!

>>18418980
You're definitely on a watchlist.

>>18418980
>KGB today: The Hidden Hand
tell us more, anon

>>18418980
which side are you on?

nobody reads pic related though I think they are very relatable in this age of widespread porn and coomers

>>18418284
That's because there's not many Indios on here. I remember reading a story starring Swami as a kid though and it was pretty comfy.

>>18421590
>reading that cult leader instead of Easwaran

>>18420735
magus was fucking based. recently read the collector too and was also great.

>>18420748
If you mention An Area of Darkness most of the times there will be an Indian seething coming to tell you Naipaul is racist

>>18418051
Qara sózderi by Abai

>>18420724
>the part where he muses about what if we ate with our ass

>200 g beef tea
>50g sherry
>one (1) egg yolk

>>18423278
He is a bit of a snob. I can see how low castes would offend him.

>>18418051
I try to shill this book every chance I get, no luck so far, really.

>>18418580
Had it on my radar for awhile, guess I'll go grab it.

>>18418284
Narayan is good stuff

>>18418360
Shadow Country is also very good and I never see it mentioned here

>>18418051
Basically any time I'm arguing philosophy with someone here and I start actually citing excerpts from the actual text, they go quiet. I'm not even an academic or a serious nerd.

>>18418980
Based

>>18424293
phil fags should leave anyway

>>18418051
Witold Gombrowicz

>>18423131
Strictly for research purposely only, anon.

>>18423145
Shit's fucked yo

>>18423149
Isn't that a Dropkick Murphys song?

>>18424324
I wish I had a board I could go to that wasn't contaminated

>>18418051

>>18418051
Read when I was a kid, never see anyone talking about them

>>18424342
have you read his diary? is it worth it? thing’s fucking massive

>>18424349
if you’re seeking meaning just go to reddit, this place is for beauty seeking

>>18425563
also read these as a kid, did you finish the whole series? I never did because they got progressively boring

>>18425563
i remember this, you aussie? as a kid i thought the idea was awesome but decided it wasnt worth doing cause there were already so many books out the prizes would of already been won

>>18425628
nah 'murican
>>18425602
I read the whole first series, then like the first three Vesper books but lost interest after that

>>18424260
Is the revised trilogy good? Also, he glows.

>>18420735
Based.

>>18418799
Knowledge should be free and spread to everyone you retard. No one thinks you are cool for owning this gay book

>>18425563
Great children literature. I remember learning some vague ideas about history and philosophy while reading. I think I will get my kids tor read these

>>18424478
This book made me cry within 100 pages, but I feel like the last third peters out

>>18424342
I love Possessed

i have only ever seen ivy compton-burnett mentioned on /lit/ when i have posted about her

>>18423155
>>18424216
Yea i cant say i like the majority of them but theres some really comfy ones

>>18418070
I read Mount Analogue
Was this the one he finished?

>>18418051
Love Adler but she's too hard for the average litizen to consume. Also Pitch Dark is better

>>18418070
I loved Pataphysical Essays by Daumal but this book was literally gibberish to me

>>18418393
Same but I'm stupid enough to not recommended them. I can pretty much guarantee less than 1000 people have ever bought this book, much less finished it. But its great and you should all try your best to read it

>>18423752
don't forget the fish oil particularly for Lenten meals

I did not enjoy reading this book at all.
But it’s stayed in my head.

>>18418587
>is a faggot
>reads jordan peterson and even paid for it
everything seems to be in order

>>18419051
>reads jp
>im just a free thinker unlike you bro
kek

>>18424478
Good book, but yeah I agree with >>18426155 that it peters out in the end.

>>18426584
yeah he finished this one. I thought Mount Analogue was better, try this one only if you really liked MA.
>>18426722
lmao why?

>>18429214
Idk, I read like 10 -15 pages and it just seemed like literal schizo rambling nonsense. I couldn't grasp even a miniscule aspect of it. The MC, the setting, the plot, the symbols, nothing at all. It was like pure nonsense. Maybe its because I was reading it in English not French?

>>18425701
I really liked it. My edition is a trilogy in a single book so I guess it is revised. It kinda had a Faulkner cowboy in the Everglades in lawless days.

Read them when I was young. I remember it advertised "from the editor that found Harry Potter" or something, lmao

Maybe the least read Hamsun book translated to English. I got it for a steal, $10 on Abe's.

>18429044
>18429058
no (you)

>>18418051

>>18420168
it makes me happy knowing you're a 4chan incel. you'd be a really unbearable person to meet in all likelihood. stay bitter and proud, please.

based thread
thanks to all the people recommending books and not just saying something snotty and pointless.
I don't have any pics but I think Viktor Pelevin is not talked about enough here-- sometimes he is, but not enough.

>>18429392
The beginning is schizo-nonsense, it quickly eases thought. Just enjoy the ride.

>>18429853
Your pic is trash but I recognize it. Good book

>>18418788
What do you like so much about Anderson?