/lit/ - Literature

>the african-american of the 'Narcissus'
problem solved

>the basketball american of the 'Narcissus

>The Dindu Nuffin of the 'Narcissus'

seriously though...

>the urban youth of the 'Narcissus'

>The Spook of the 'Narcissus'

>>5798458
>The Spook of Stirner
yfw Stirner is the Spook

>Da nigga o' da 'Nah-cizzuz"

>The Where-Da-White-Wimmenz-At of 'Narcissus'

>>5798483
I bet her asshole tastes like strawberries

>>5798487

Only one way to find out

>Black Friday
>Go to my local Barnes & Noble to buy Penguin version of The 'Nigger' of the Narcissus
>Proceed to checkout
>Dozens of people in line
>Clutch the book to my chest so that nobody sees what it is
>Young black girl and her white mom in front of me
>Girl sees the book's spine and asks her mom "What is a nigger?"
>Mom freaks out, asks her daughter where she heard that word
>Daughter points at me
>Mom turns around, tears in her eyes from anger, screams "Did you just call my daughter the n-word?!"
>All chatter in the store stops
>I try to explain but all I can muster is "It wasn't me, it was Conrad"
>Someone yells "First Ferguson, now this!"
>Person behind me shoves me
>I fall to the floor, my grasp weakening on my copy of the book
>It flies underneath a table
>Someone spits on me
>Security grabs me by the elbow and throws me out of the store
>He bellows "we don't condone hate speech here!"
>Everyone in the mall looking at me
>I'm banned from Barnes & Noble now

It was a really good deal on the book, too

>>5798487
I bet it tastes like shit

>>5798683

rude

>>5798677

kek

>>5798677
that's why i only buy from used book stores.

>>5798371
>"What're you reading?"
>say title of book
>"What's it about?"
>mfw I don't actually know what it's about, I just picked something obscure and esoteric book just to look smart

>Hey anon! What are you reading?
>excuse me, but I don't interrupt you during a movie do I? No. So please do not ruin my enjoyment of this book

>>5798677
>buying books
you brought this upon yourself, pleb

>Hey anon what are you reading?
>Ah!!! Don't hurt me!!
>Uh, wow, sorry. Just asking about the book, fucking weirdo.
>Uh so-sorry. Just used to doing that, heh. Please come back!

>2014 letting a mom get you kicked out of a store; what a pleb.

>Hey, what are you reading?
>u-u-uh it's c-called Infinite J-Jest
>What's it about?
>uh tennis
>Tennis?
>tennis and drugs
>Sounds weird you're so funny anon!

>>5800465
Someone asked me about it the other day and I told them it was about tennis too.
She then proceeded to say
>that's a big book to be all about tennis
>ha yeah
>sounds pretty boring
>ha-ha.. Y-yeah

Fucking hate when people ask me what the books I'm reading are about. Same thing happened with Gravity's Rainbow.
I told them it was about gravity and rainbows

>>5800479

>>5800479
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>>5798371
>a novel by Conrad, it's about a sailor who gets sick mid-voyage
if they ask for the title, just hold up the book
>>5800479
is it really that hard to formulate a short description of something you've devoted hours to? especially with actual narratives

>>5800517
Okay you give me a short description for Infinite Jest or Gravity's Rainbow that doesn't make me sound like a dweeb sperge.

>>5800519

>Infinite Jest
>It's about the social malaise of a hyperconnected, materialistic American life.

>>5800526
>haha what does that even mean anon?

>>5800526
>haha you're such a hipster