/lit/ - Literature

>>19502837

>>19502837
this along with hear the wind sing and pinball, 1973

Why do you want to celebrate life? You obviously have nothing to be proud of if you are making threads like these. Why don't you think about why you want to kill yourself and turn your life around to avoid remaining what you hate

>>19502837

>>19502837

>>19505112
You're assuming a lot. OP is just making an optimistic life affirming thread.

>>19505132
I thought TBK was depressing

>>19502837
this chart >>19505132 is very good. It contains many bittersweet works as well, but all good life affirming works are bittersweet in my opinion. Currently reading the letters of Vincent van Gogh myself and they are absolutely moving.

>>19505112
are you doing ok? its more telling that youre going off at a completely normal question than it is OP asking said question.

>>19505702
Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just wondering why so many people are coping for their sad existence and pretending everything is okay by patching it up with books.
>>19505204
affirm life by doing something with it

>>19505132
I didn’t understand the ending of steppenwolf desu

>>19505112
As difficult as life is, you can't be miserable 24/7, and sometimes its nice to read happy things that give one a pep in their step

>>19505148
Based.

I also highly recommend Tristram Shandy.

>>19506696
You do realize you're on a literature board anon. We make threads about books. Calm the fuck down it's not that deep.

>>19504419
based leskov appreciator

>>19505112
Nice projection, fag

>Verification not required.
nice

>>19502837
Brithers Karamazov is my #1 for all time
>>19506696
>coping for their sad existence and pretending everything is okay by patching it up with books
Nobody was coping with anything though. OP asked for happy books a d you just assumed that it myst be because he’s miserable

captcha: GRAAY

>>19507296
>Brithers Karamazov is my #1 for all time
Based answer

The Man Who Planted Trees
And actually I read it first today in a half hour. Very short, very good.

Been feeling a little down lately guys.

I am 26 and I feel my body is already crumbling. I feel like emptiness, like a void of terror inside me. The idea of suicide lurking behind me, like a shadow. Sometimes I can see its reflection in front of me. Despair grabs me from my head and chest and tries to sink me into a spiral of anguish and hopelessness.

To my regret and shame, I have realized that I cant alone. I need someone to rekindle my spirit! Like a wave that crashes on my back and pushes me into the sea! Feel alive! Grab our hands and fall among the clouds! To stop thinking, and simply live! To do things for the sake of it!

I am getting older by the second but still havent found that person anons. I am even thinking about fucking a 40 yo woman of the gym just to feel something. I need a girlfriend now!

Silas Marner

>>19505132
How are the death of Virgil and the unknown Masterpiece on this list??

Especially the magic mountain, the ending itself was a meat grinder.

>>19505112
Seething nihilist faggot. Life is a gift worth the travails of the day
>inb4 muh starving niggers in africa or some shit

>>19505132
Why are all of these written by men

>>19506765
It is entirely possible to be miserable 24/7

>>19505132
>>19505684
reading TBK made me obsessively seethe for weeks about why the Inquisitor can't be real

>>19505684
How so? The Zosima chapters always bring my outlook on life to a good place. Parts of it definitely have the characters go through suffering and hardship but the overall message of the book was a positive one to me.
>>19509613
"seethe about why the Inquisitor can't be real" as in seething because the Inquisitor was unrealistic, or seething because you wish he was real?

>>19509682
>seething because you wish he was real
this one anon

>>19505148
This one legitimately brought me back from the brink of suicide and out of drug addiction. I think also maybe the only time a book has ever brought me to tears.

>>19509682
>Zosima
The part where he consoles the mother that kept losing her kids just made me cry and his consolation seemed super hollow.

>>19505148
>hmm what’s this
>considers Apollo or be Lucifer
Potentially EXCEEDINGLY based, investigating.

>>19502837
The Cannery Row Trilogy:
Cannery Row
Sweet Thursday
Tortilla Flat

>>19502837
Read about Buddhism my dude. It will help you lead fulfilling life

>>19502837
https://www.booksamillion.com/p/9781591482345

>>19502837
Just staring the sky and light on walls. Phenomenal experience surpass any language.

>>19510030
Yes it's something else.
>>19510050
You should, it is.

even depressing ones like Stoner make me feel celebrate life. They remind me of life's greatness.

>>19510808
Top tier answer, I especially love Cannery Row.

Uh should I read translated books in English or Dutch?

>>19507296
>Brithers Karamazov is my #1 for all time
Excellent choice anon

>>19509607
Yea but is it ever tiring. Sometimes I just want to feel some semblance of joy, rather than being on the verge of tears at all times

>>19509071
My friend, you must craft your own body and mind to excellence. That is the only way out. Go see a therapist for support. Go running. Start lifting. Download Tinder and go on as many dates as possible. Not for sex, but to hone yourself socially.

Women mean nothing. They cannot solve anything.

>>19509210
Because only men can understand true romance and love. A woman's understanding of it is completely different.

I once watched an episode of a TV show master-chef where the participants had to cook food to impress the judges. One of the themes was romance, and guess what happened? All the men nailed it and all the women failed. That had never happened previously in the show where all the women made a terrible dish. It just goes to show you how women's misconstrued notion of love manifests in their work.

Read fifty shades of grey for an understanding of female nature.

>>19510940
True

There is no other.

>>19510946
The movie is pretty decent as well. The Doc is played by Nick Nolte and looks a lot like Steinbeck

>>19509071
>anime
didn't read but remove pornography from your life and you will feel better

>>19505132
lots of nice books here