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13800096 No.13800096 [Reply] [Original]

Is there any point in reading the works of someone who committed suicide? The fact that they killed themselves is evidence to suggest that they were ungrateful sociopaths.

>> No.13800118

its just a book

>> No.13800126

>>13800096
Nope. Just look at Hemingway; he committed suicide and he was also a Soviet agent. Total trash.

>> No.13800197

Sure, the book might be good. See: Infinite Jest.

>> No.13800221

>>13800096
Leo Tolstoy killed himself, would you call him an ungrateful sociopath?

>> No.13800775

Is there any point in reading the works of someone who hasn't committed suicide? The fact that they haven't killed themselves is evidence to suggest that they were pragmatist, epicurean opportunists.

>> No.13800814

>>13800096
>The fact that they killed themselves is evidence to suggest that they were ungrateful sociopaths
>Smug peep jpg

Shit bait thread.

>> No.13801760

>>13800096
You seem to think literature is some sort of brain bacteria that will either benefit or destroy you.