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what would /lit/ recommend i read to get over a break up?

>> No.1546001

lolita

>> No.1546005

>>1546001
are you serious....

>> No.1546012

Reasons You Will Die Alone, by John Lonelyhearts

It's a, uh, space opera. You'll love it.

>> No.1546011

High Fidelity

>> No.1546014
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>> No.1546015

Norwegian Woods

>> No.1546017

>>1546014

Dianetics and Sea Change has helped me through several breakups...

>> No.1546030

Something completely unrelated to relationships and shit. I've started reading Koba Abe's 'Kangaroo Notebook' today, crazy shit that it is, and I had a 4 year relationship end yesterday.

>> No.1546613

bump

>> No.1546632

You will never get over it no matter what you read

>> No.1546694

The night my fiance left me I read C.S. Lewis' A Grief Observed. It's about his feelings after his wife died of cancer, so not exactly pertinent. Overall it was just a reminder of why things weren't really that bad. Though they say it's harder to deal with a loved one leaving you than a loved one dying. I'm sure it all depends on the situation, of course.

>> No.1546710

Infinite Jest is good for consuming time and preventing you from thinking about other things.

>> No.1546838

bump

>> No.1546840

This is the only time I will recommend Lord of the Rings

>> No.1546841

>>1546694
If a loved one dies you don't see them again. If somebody leaves, you're probably going to run into them again at some point.

I guess that's the idea behind that one. Whichever is worse in the long run, neither are particularly nice.

>> No.1546847

>>1546841
when a loved one dies. they never come back. you never get to see them again.

but when a loved one leaves you. it's as if they have died. instantly vanished from your world but always a phone call away that you should never make. still there to talk to and see. but it should never be done.

>> No.1546850

Siddhartha.
Under the Volcano.

>> No.1546856

>>1546841
Well, actually, the psycology behind is that when a loved one dies, their departure is not a choice, usually. Either way, it has nothing to do with their feelings towards you. When a loved one leaves you, it is a choice, meaning, they don't want to be around you anymore. I suppose the second is more hurtful. Though, probably the worst is someone who kills themselves so they don't have to ever see you again.

>> No.1546863

The Great Gatsby.

>> No.1546874

>>1546856
>Though, probably the worst is someone who kills themselves so they don't have to ever see you again

I don't know why I lol'd. I shouldn't have lol'd. Damn my black black humour.

>> No.1546885

>>1546856
Every girl who ever dumped me is dead.

Read uh... hmm... fuckin' wuthering Heights or something OP.

>> No.1547333

bump

>> No.1547335

>>1546885
It doesn't count if you did it.

>> No.1547338

The Sorrows of Young Werther

>> No.1547343

>>1545995
>what would /lit/ recommend i read to get over a break up?

BY MANNING THE FUCK UP!

but no seriously, books wont help you get over an ex-girlfriend, so read whatever book makes you happy

>> No.1547348

ITT: beta males

>> No.1547509

hunb

>> No.1547563

more?

>> No.1547571
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The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq

>> No.1547578

actually, i got over a girl once by reading "Deadeye Dick" by Kurt Vonnegut

>> No.1548923

bump

>> No.1548941

>>1547578
obviously not, you're still thinking about her

>> No.1548967

The Game by Neil Strauss.

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>>1548941
>implying that in order to 'get over' a girl you must erase her from your memory completely and never acknowledge that you dated

>> No.1549068

Wuthering Heights

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You will be happy again before you even finish it.

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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Wolfgang von Goethe
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turgenev

>> No.1549224

the sun also rises

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>>1549224
Oh yeah: This too.

By the way, is there a particular reason why this book has been coming up so much recently? I love the book, but its constant presence on /lit/ seems rather spontaneous.

>> No.1549251

Actually, "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff is really good for post breakups. It's fun and simple...you can read it in one sitting. It talks a lot about how to just be and remember who you are. It's good if you're in the midst of severe upheaval. I really loved it and it helped me get over some shit and person up.

>> No.1549843

>>1549251
thank you. that is probably the perfect thing. i love a. a. milne's simplicity. the whinnie the pooh stories would have to be one of my favourite collections of writing.

>> No.1549861

>>1549232
Someone is probably reading it and talking about it. I haven't seen it mentioned much lately, but I haven't really been on as much these past few days.