/lit/ - Literature

Here are my most recent stacks

>>9907059
Being and time is kino, also not nearly as hard as people make out.
>>9907463
If for some reason you know french, pick up en entant Godot, i think the humor rings through a bit better in that.

My current stack, it's about 3/4 finished.

>>9907472
>> Hannah Arendt

Anon, i'll be friends with you anytime brotato.
Have you been able to touch on "Life of the Mind" yet? You may like it, especially after reading how to understand what may or may not lead to people becoming nazis. While reading LOTM you'll have flashbacks and laugh to your self "ah, thats what she meant in the origins.

>>9907059
there's a more recent translation of being and time worth checking out too by joan stambaugh
>>9907463
that edition of JR is a nice find, Auster is fucking great, he just put out his largest novel yet, its worth checking out
>>9907472
>penguin deluxe edition of a work
into the trash it goes
every english language novel Nabokov ever wrote (besides the original of laura) is fucking gold and absolutely worth buying
Ada is stylistically one of the greatest works ever written in history

>>9907749
It was the only one they had, it was utter garbage. I never read it in school, and decided to check it out from curiosity.

It read like a 9th grader that just discovered the Wikipedia page of Hobbes for the first time.

I just finished Lolita and started Ada, Lolita was a solid 9/10, so I have high expectations.

>>9907714
I was actually going to read Eichmann in Jerusalem next, but Origins was absolutely great, out of this stack it's probably been my favorite thus far. I'll be sure to check that out afterwords though.

>>9907059
I also just got that copy of B&T

>Godel's Proof.

>>9907059
>Chasing the Scream
Nice! Finally I wont be the only one on this board to have read that

>>9907472
I too bought Ardent, looking forward to starting it soon

>Repost from the previous thread, as it died immediately after

I got these following books:
>Fathers and Sons by Turgenev
>The Nonexistent Knight, Invisible Cities and Difficult Loves by Calvino
>The Plague by Camus
>Zorba the Greek by Kazantzakis

I started with the Nonexistent Knight which was my first Calvino; it started with a simple prose and story that feels comfy, then at certain points he wrote far more lyrically and expressively. The inner monologues of the characters were also great to read after some of the events. At short length, I think it could be a good starting point for Calvino for everyone?

I'll either read Fathers and Sons or Invisible Cities next (need to finish a Tolstoy short story collection first.)

>>9907463
Keep in mind that curious hair is a collection of short stories, and brief interviews is an overall narrative/commentary masqueradeing as a collection of short stories. Very different!

The red hardcover is Crime and Punishment (Coulson translation).

>Ayn Rand

I couldn't get 100 pages into Atlas Shrugged because her characters were all 1-dimensional cardboard cutouts who literally only existed to reinforce her worldview.

I wonder what percentage of books in these threads are actually read and how many thousands of books have been taken off and dusted only to be photographed and returned?

like mathematically if we say 50% of /lit/ reads, and that's being very generous, can we then assue there are usually 100 images on average and about 200 critical replies each thread. and there are at minimum 4 threads a week. and each image probably contains about 10 books. and of the 50% of /lit/ that does read they probably only read half at most again that's being generous.

so if my math is correct that is 4000 books pictured a week and only about 100 will ever be read. Sad!

Recent buys

Currently reading these.
I'm enjoying all of them, especially Mo Yan's Republic of Wine.(One third is fascinating, one third is hilarious and one third is horrifying so far)
Top two are the Annalects of Confucius (New translation I got after I found it while randomly roaming the city, so far it's better than the one I had, which was made in the 60s I think) and the Book of Odes to accompany it. (Just when the Annalects references it, already read it once, it's pretty, what can I say)
Took up reading Three Kingdoms again after I abandoned it. Enjoying it more than last time, guess it's like wine, the experience older, the better.

>>9908655

Do you just buy books to post pictures of them on the internet? This is the second time I see this stack. Go read, anon.

I have a good thrift store

>>9907472
what's in the 50th anniversary lolita apart from the text itself? like are there annotations/footnotes/anything like that?

>>9909199
There's nothing new. Just an excuse to release a new edition tbqh.

>>9907749
>penguin deluxe edition of a work
>into the trash it goes
I like them. The deckle edges are a nice touch.

>>9909217
most of these penguin "deluxe" covers look hideous imo but i think they hit it out of the park with that M&M edition, it's very nice

>>9907059
Westphal seems pretty empty of new info. Did you learn anything from it?

>>9907059
That's the best introduction to Gödel. Have fun with it.

>>9909235

OP here.

That's my new acquisitions. I haven't read it yet. The book was seating next to soem Sam Harris memery. I prefered the MIT one.

>>9907749
>>9909217
The Art of War and also The Tale of Genji has nice covers, and are also the best translations.

Fear our books!! Fucking lol

>>9907472
>7
I don't get what is supposed to be "hard" about Being and Time. Am I so fucking smart or just too fucking stupid to even grasp its implications?


What translations (in English) do you lads recommend of Dante's Comedy?

>>9907059
Rorty, he's a great dude. Like Dewey before him always on the right side of history.

>>9909756

OP here

I don't know what to expect of this book. Don't know the author or the subject. It just seemed to be a potential interesting read.

>>9909833
there's a few pages that have been crazy quoted due to our glorious leader.

>>9909837

Antifa and anti-postmodernism throw quotes from this book at each others?

Wtf

Fiction stack, with Master and Margarita coming early next week.

New books lads.

>>9909924
GORMENGHAST
&The Golem

nice nice nice

>>9909924
If you line those books up correctly or get more will they form a cohesive picture of a landscape?
Also which TMaM edition are you getting?

How do you justify buying books when perfectly viable e-readers of all sizes exist?

>>9907749
nigger what?

>>9909920
Not sure what you're saying but yes it offers a hypo about a dictator (rise of) and it is eerily like tramp

>>9909934
Glad to see Meyrink getting some recognition. I have a copy of The Green Face not pictured and I've been meaning to get the Walpurgisnacht as well.

Do you have any recommendations in particular for underappreciated authors - in the English speaking world at least? I've been pondering about getting some writings of Leo Perutz, but I'm not too sold on him yet.

>>9909948
You mean the Gormenghast trilogy? The series was meant to run in several volumes, seven if I remember correctly, but Peake died before he could finish them off.

As for Bulgakov, I've got the Hugh Alpin translation, based on praise I found online from a couple of native Russian speakers.

>>9910140
But are the pictures on the spines meant to create a complete landscape?

>>9910155
Nope

>>9909960
You realize this is the deluxe edition, right?

First time poster. Sorry for shitty lighting. I've been trying to get into /lit/ and reading a bit more and I bought some books that were recommended. What should I move onto next?

>>9910278
>he buys penguin classics

>>9910241
>buying those memey reddit af editions

>>9908162
>Nice! Finally I wont be the only one on this board to have read that

>implying people in these threads actually read the books they get

Is this a good book for someone with already basic knowledge of historic philosophy?

>>9910278
If you like Homer, read the Iliad. If you like Dostoyevsky, read Crime and Punishment too.
You are starting out on a high level, I hope you'll like it.

Someone rate my limited buys please.

>>9908408
Would love to find a GR like that. Looks good man.

>>9908445
I was with you until
>Sad!

>>9909924
Will you read them though?

>>9909928
Another Stoner buyer, nice.

>>9908655
>>9910886
Two Secret Gardens! Must be like buying a red car and then seeing red cars everywhere.

>>9910340
>implying there is anything wrong with them
The Tale of Genji edition is nice.

>>9910340
>imploding the penguin deluxe are the reddit editions
>exploding those aren't the Bulge & Nobble editions that are reposted here 17 times a day

R8 my haul

>>9911003
Pretty good haul tbqh

>>9907059

Can't call it a stack, but I got a used copy of Brothers Karamazov and an ancient copy of Lolita for $3 the other day.

>>9910336
Although I strongly agree with your disgust, Fagles's translations of Homer, Aeschylus and Virgil are really good: an exception to confirm the rule but their editions of Joyce suck the most flaccid cocks

Found these two /lit/ meme books yesterday at a bookstore and grabbed them at first sight last night.

>>9910336
penguin da best

>>9912367
neat
whats your opinion on them

>>9911982

Penguin edition of Paradise Lost is spectacular though.

>>9909217
>>9909229
the penguin deluxe Greek Myths looks pretty neat imo, but the work itself is boring to me

>>9909524
what

>>9912397
I plan to read them over the next couple weeks since I'm still reading Crime and Punishment

bump

Stax

>>9915015
Did I forget to attach image? Yes.

Finished Book of Five Rings and Crime and Punishment.
Should I read Hemingway next, or Palahniuk? I think I might read a bit of Edgar Allan Poe or HP Lovecraft next just to take a break from edgy existentialism stuff, but after that I'll probably read Nietzsche.
Sorry if I have shit taste, I'm just getting into reading, and I have to catch up on a ton of shit. A bit off topic, but are there any good history books out there? I kinda want a cool book about the Renaissance, but there's just so much out there that I don't know where to start.

>>9908408
>The Secret Teachings of All Ages

My negroid

Just picked this up today, what should I expect?

bump

>>9911635
Enjoy Black Spring. Haven't read the other Miller work there

>>9915819
It sucks.

why would someone post in a thread like this? do you really want the system to know what you like to buy that much?

>>9918943
>the system
What did Anonymous mean by this?

>>9907059

>>9907059

My "moved to a new city and brought a years worth of books plus used-book scores since getting here" stack.

>>9919340

This cresspit on your work computer? Poor form.

>>9917652
NIGGER

>>9919340
Where do you put your legs wen you're working at your computer?

>>9915449
>Should I read Hemingway next, or Palahniuk?

Hemingway

Just moved to America and had to leave all of my books behind. These are a few that arrived today.

>>9907463
Nice to see some Auster on here

>>9920654
Nice stack. Where are you from? Guessing you are here for University? Major? Seem like my kind of guy.

>>9920735
Sorry to disappoint you but I came here from England to marry my wife, I'm happy if that's any consolation!
And I'll likely enter education after a few years, once I'm properly established.

>>9920741
Oh yeah must be fun having a green card marriage!

>>9920920
Well I wouldn't have moved here if not for her, America definitely wasn't at the top of the list of places to live.
But I'm really enjoying myself, it's nice to finally be together after 3 years of working at it.

>>9920941
What was on the top of the list? inb4 Switzerland. There are already enough of yo disgusting limey britbongs here.

>>9921001
I hadn't given it a great deal of thought but Japan would be nice, New Zealand, anywhere with beautiful scenery and rich history really. America has the scenery for sure, but history not so much.

>>9921004
Japan is a fucking hell hole to live.
Japan work life is one of the worst.

>>9921055
So I've heard, a holiday wouldn't go amiss though.

>>9921057
How old are you? I'm always surprised there's people on here who aren't high school age.

>>9921908
Sorry for the super belated reply, I finally managed to get some sleep.
I'm 27, and yourself?