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Literature from third world countries?

>> No.14796810
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>>14796790

>> No.14796825

>>14796790
Moby Dick

>> No.14796829

>>14796790
lol, they don't know how to read even more write nigga

>> No.14796909

>>14796790
America

>> No.14796923

>>14796790
Thomas Pynchon is great

>> No.14796934
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>>14796790
>Iran
>3rd world
If you lump Iran in that category, that have droves of great literature. I advise starting with Magnificum-Dominum Khomeini (pbuh).

>> No.14796939

>>14796934
**they have

>> No.14797048

Things fall apart is good

>> No.14797051
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>>14796790
Learn spanish.

>> No.14797062

Anything written during the Latinamerican Boom

>> No.14797086

>>14796790
O Brasil não é um país do terceiro mundo, o Brasil é o primeiro país do mundo kkkkkkkkkk

>> No.14797296

>>14797086
is everyone in your country that retarded?

>> No.14797339

>>14797296
Sim

>> No.14797353

>>14796790
the book of disquiet

>> No.14797358

>>14796790
Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq

>> No.14797469

>>14796790
Ficciones

>> No.14797534
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>> No.14797539
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>>14796790
Or children of gebelawi

>> No.14797549

I've been on an Africa binge lately. I've read lots of shit books and lots of great ones. Some of the greats:
God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane
Leopold Senghor's poetry
For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri
The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampate Ba

>> No.14797553

>>14797549
zzz

>> No.14797566

>>14797048
I don't wanna read stupid serpent language. kill yourself spic.

>> No.14798162

>>14796790
>North South divide
>South Korea is North
>North Korea is South

>> No.14799450

>>14797549
‘We Need New Names’ by NoViolet Bulawayo (retarded pen name) is, surprise! About Zimbabwean life. The prose is retarded, and no I’m not exaggerating in the slightest. No free PDF available to my knowledge so pick it up from the library but DO NOT BUY IT. Holy shit it’s a terrible book, but the author is from Zimbabwe.
>no mention of Mugabe
>no mention of Rhodesia
>no mention of the recency of the nation’s emergence
>claims to be, and is hailed as, significant, cynical, and socially biting critique of Zimbabwean life and American life
>”white devil! White thief!” This and “our black brothers must rise up!” That.
Phew. Terrible “literature” and I was lookin for good African stuff too! Know any good books on the Zulu or Masai? ‘Hunting Cape buffalo with masai’ is a good short story if you don’t mind a hunter’s perspective

>> No.14799555

>>14796790
That’s not third world, that’s LEDCs
Third world refers specifically to countries that were unaligned during the Cold War
This is also why people who say that USA is third world are retarded, they don’t know what third second and first world mean, the US is by definition first world because first world countries were defined as those aligned with the USA in the Cold War. Russian/USSR aligned countries were the second world

>> No.14800232

>>14796790
Gabriel Garcia Márquez is great

>> No.14800242

>>14796934
[with] Magnifico Domino Khomeini. Inflect it right, if you are going to inflect it at all.

>> No.14800368

>>14796829
weak bait

>> No.14800381

Wait I thought Sweden was third world

>> No.14800415

>>14799555
czeched trips of truth

>> No.14800425

>>14797296
no u. Brazil rules

>> No.14800444

>>14800232
I mean great is too much. It's fun to read him but he's okay tops

>> No.14800453

>>14797296
Yes. Every single one of us! As a brazilian I can confirm. Stay away from our literature. Don't even bother. Your brain will stay better that way. You wouldn't get it anyway.

>> No.14800457

>>14800444
I think you're underselling him a bit. I'd call Hundred Years great at least.

Who do you like better amongst latam lit, if anyone?

>> No.14800461

>>14800457
Borges and Machado, my dude.

>> No.14800469

>>14800461
I like Borges a lot, gonna order the Essentials collection from the RAE. Never read Machado, but it's sounding like another addition to the backlog

>> No.14800491

>>14800469
Machado is widely read among portuguese speaking population. I recommend you start out with O Alienista. As a brazilian myself, his the only writer in this country I could say I'm proud of.
Borges is fucking Borges. No need to praise that motherfucker no more. He's the best.
Where are you from, if I may ask?

>> No.14800494

>>14800491
he's the only writer*

>> No.14800521

>>14799450
Lmao. Fucking niggers

>> No.14800715

>>14797086
>$1 = 5 real
Bolsotrouxas BTFO

>> No.14801378

>>14799450
You're literally the only person who's heard of or bothered reading that book. If you want peak-quality literature from Zimbabwe, read the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books. As a bonus it's written by a white dude.
If you dig the Masai, read Out of Africa.

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>>14796790
Also, anything by Cesar Vallejo

>> No.14801939

>>14799450
>‘We Need New Names’ by NoViolet Bulawayo
I liked it. First half was pretty nasty shit, but the latter half about emigrating to Detroit/American life was better.
I can scan my copy and upload it here later if the thread is still up

>> No.14802183

>>14796934
I know no history for the context of that pic, but yep, I'm thinking its pretty based.

>> No.14802268

Philippine literature is pretty slept upon. If you can read Spanish, Rizal's duology of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo is a good starting point. Plenty of English writers too: Jose Garcia Villa, Nick Joaquin, and F. Sionil Jose are probably the most famous names outside the country.

>> No.14802357

Beer in the Snooker Club (which was also originally written in English).

>> No.14802938

>>14802268
>The titular character of the national hero's novel start out as a daring, inventive patriot who tries to

>WE WUZ KATIPUNEROZ AN SHIEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

>PAGPAGERS RIZE UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

>STRONGEST RACE IN THE WORLD SPANIARDS DINDU NUFFIN

>ARGARGARAGARAGAGAHAGARAGAHAHARRAAGAGGAGGAGAGAGAGAGGARAGAAGAHAGARAFAGAGAARRAF... (read more)

But seriously, read Meditations of a Piss Artist. Took me about two months to realise it's written by a femoid.

>> No.14803234

>>14797549
When it comes out read my Afro-Fascist revolutionary book

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>>14796790
A story about a guy attempting to rape a girl, before realizing she was dead ("thanda gosht" translates to "cold flesh"). Had the writer tried for obscenity in court.

Urdu literature is great.

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by a South African

>> No.14803333

>>14800491
I'm from Argentina. Sorry for the late reply.
Thanks for the rec, I actually didn't know any brazilian writers. Outside of like, Coelho I guess.
I'm trying to be less pleb

>> No.14803340

>>14796790
Euclides da Cunha

>> No.14803490

>>14796790
Ireland is third world

>> No.14803530

>>14796790
>Turkey isn't in the 3rd world countries
nice bait