/lit/ - Literature

>>7306470
>fetishizing books as consumer objects
Just read god damn.

>>7306479
>not using recent grab threads to learn about new books

>telling others to just read while on 4chan

Please try harder next time you pseudointellectual

>>7306487
except in these threads you just see the same books posted over and over so the only way any of these are new to you are if you're new to this board
did I do it right?

>>7306496
this, so much. It's the equivalent of having the same thread on /mu/ and people posting Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, Animal Collective, Flaming Lips, etc.

>>7306496
>The Damnation of Theron Ware
>The Labyrinth of Solitude

Of course you'll see plenty of familiar ones, but I know those two don't show up often. We could foster a discussion about what they are and my initial thoughts on them as i crack 'em open, yet here we sit

>>7306510
sharethreads on /mu/ are hardly ever that generic, sans the shitposts meant to trigger people where it's all /mu/core records

>>7306515
>We could foster a discussion about what they are and my initial thoughts on them as i crack 'em open

Go on then, faggot. Post something worth reading.

>>7306515
>We could foster a discussion about what they are and my initial thoughts on them as i crack 'em open, yet here we sit
except we don't. it's like the constant threads of "/lit/ I just picked this up, what can I expect?"
again I like these threads but let's not kid ourselves here

>>7306528
>>7306530
The Labyrinth of Solitude has me very excited to read. Apparently Octavio Paz is a Mexican poet and in this work, he tries to gather an understanding of Mexican thought and philosophy at the time of his writing (1950), and comes to the conclusion that Mexicans live in this solitary confinement. Very existential as you can see from this well-known quote:
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature – if that word can be used in reference to man, who has 'invented' himself by saying 'no' to nature – consists in his longing to realize himself in another. Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude"

Nothing too out of the ordinary here, except maybe panzram. I really hope my HS level spanish is good enough for Don Quixote.

>>7306578
I've never heard of Ask the Dusk, Shadow & Claw, or Panzram. Anything you can tell me about them?

>>7306604
Ask the dusk is a post-hamsun proto-bukowski thing. Gene Wolfe is Gene Wolfe. Panzram is the journals of serial killer Carl Panzram with some additional journalistic bits for context and storytelling.

>>7306625
holy shit okay Panzram definitely has my attention

Is there an actual reason you guys don't just go to the library or torrent? It's not like all these old and dead fucks need your money.

>>7306551
>Apparently

senpai he is a noble prize winner and an excellent poet, you can be sure about that

>>7306645
>implying i buy them new
lel

but I'm also becoming a high school lit teacher so I'm building up my classroom collection (and my own of course). My teacher in junior year had all kinds of cool edgy shit that helped get me into books, so I hope to do the same.

>>7306647
I'll have to hunt down some of his poetry works then. Any recs?

>>7306656
I didn't imply you bought them new though. Just that you waste your money.

I mean it makes sense to buy books to support a publisher or author.

But just buying stacks like baseball cards...gay.

>>7306660
the "old and dead fucks need your money" would imply I'm buying them new since authors can only make money off new book sales.

My money goes towards mostly local businesses, but I did spend a shitton recently at the library booksale. 40 dollars for 40 books, and then 1 dollar for 40 books the next day.

I don't have much else to spend money on myself. I get clothes from the thrift store and gifts, and i'm not a big eater. The amount of money some people put into their smoking/drinking/etc vices is way more than i spend on books.

I could put my moolah towards my record collection or something else, but that'd also be poo-poohed because muh digital files

>>7306470
I loved white noise myself.
Enjoy the pickup!

>>7306479
>implying we shouldn't encourage interest in books no matter the way that manifests
Pic related.

>>7306656
>buying used
enjoy your bed bugs
I know I am
invest in box spring covers, mates

>>7306656
>>7306668
>being this insecure

Just admit you get a rush out of buying and owning things, damn.

>>7306656
>I'll have to hunt down some of his poetry works then. Any recs?

Piedra de sol is his greatest poetic achievement, and is one of the three great long Mexican poems (according to one critic whose name I can't recall at the moment). The other two poems are Primero sueño (First Dream) by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Muerte sin fin (Endless Death) by José Gorostiza. I haven't read Gorostiza yet, but Sor Juana is THE Mexican poet. Her Primero Sueño is one of my favorite poems. And she was a qt patootie too.

Other than Piedra de sol, perhaps you should read the whole of Libertad bajo palabra, which includes Piedra de sol. Of course, you should read him in Spanish.

And I didn't know the word that starts with an F and ends with an "am" would change automatically to "senpai". That's spoopy, yo.

>>7306679
I think I've seen you post about that. I'm working on bedbug proofin'

>>7306684
shiiiiit yeah. My gf is actually half-Mexican and can handle Spanish a lot better than me, so maybe I'll have her read them to me for that added auditory effect.