/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19313943]

It feels very sad today bros. Please share something interesting, or let's talk about the book you're currently reading.

[Anonymous No.19313950]

>>19313943
It'll be okay my friend. I'm reading too many books right now. Two books about writing, but I'm also half way through an absolute tome about the history of Ireland and I've just started Hyperion (although I'm not much of a sci-fi guy and don't normally like reading series of books).

What are you reading?

[Anonymous No.19313960]

i've been feeling sad too recently. the birdposting anon in the other thread cheered me up a bit though. it would be nice to enjoy the little things more

[Anonymous No.19313971]

>>19313943
everyone is a doomer these days

[Anonymous No.19314045]

Heres a funny excerpt from a book im reading about Rasputin

[Anonymous No.19314047]

>>19313950
That's a lot, what made you read Hyperion if you're not that into sci-fi? I hope uou're having fun reading nonetheless

Only two books for me. Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals and Rachel Cusk's Outline Trilogy which I will be finishing tonight, it's only about 170 pages. Then I'll figure out which works of her do I read next

[Anonymous No.19314051]

>>19314045
Actually in hindsight maybe "funny" is the wrong word

[Anonymous No.19314066]

>>19313943
hope things get better for you sadfren
it's all very hard for me rn but i think it'll be ok
i just gotta grit my teeth and bear it for a few days, maybe a week, and things can start improving
i'm rereading notes from the underground rn. it's one of the first works of actual literary fiction i can remember reading, so it's neat coming back to it from my current perspective
>>19314045
>>19314051
wtf anon that wasn't very funny at all

[Anonymous No.19314097]

>>19314066
Yeah my bad. I do this somewhat frequently.

A few weeks ago I was telling someone about Batavia's Graveyard and I also described it as "funny" "it's a funny book haha". But then as I was describing it to them it dawned on me that it was only like 1 or 2 lines towards the end that were funny, and that I may have somewhat misrepresented the subject matter.

[Anonymous No.19314121]

>>19314097
based autist

[Anonymous No.19314141]

Serious question :
Is the vast majority of people deeply depressed? Everybody I know seems to live a completely meaningless life. They looks ok on the outside but if I were them I wouldn’t find the force to get out of bed. It seems like life for just about everyone consist in witnessing your hopes and dreams slowly fades away, and trying to forget about it by indulging in increasingly idiotic pastime, until death mercifully picks you up.

[Anonymous No.19314146]

>>19314097
It's fine you're cool anon. Nice to know you have someone else to talk to about books, I have none

[Anonymous No.19314154]

>>19313971
enjoy yr weekend

[Anonymous No.19314173]

>>19314047
I don't know really. Thought I'd try out the genre!

I've never really got into philosophy. It's very difficult for me. What's the outline trilogy about?

[Anonymous No.19314195]

i just read the adversary by emmanuel carrere
true crime book about this french doctor who murdered his whole family and it turns out he wasn't really a doctor, he'd just been pretending to be one for 18 years and his entire life was an ever escalating series of lies
very interesting and really well written

[Anonymous No.19314217]

>>19313943
I’m about to graduate with an engineering degree and I feel like I’ve wasted my time. All the work in my state is in power, which I’m not interested in very much. Wish I would have studied what I actually wanted to do I could get a comfy WFH software job and read as much as I work.

On the bright side, I’m finishing a book about Jung’s interpretation of dreams and it’s been really fun. I’ve been keeping a dream journal and looking out for associations, compensations, and projections; I don’t really know what I’m doing but is comfy :)

[Anonymous No.19314218]

>>19314045
Kek. I share a bday with the mad lad

[Anonymous No.19314223]

>>19314154
cocainE???

[Anonymous No.19314225]

>>19314195
Wow I just read the dudes wiki article. That's outrageous. I'll probably be picking up the book, I love stories of narcissists snapping and running amok. Reminds me of Jamison Bachman the failed lawyer who started answering roommate ads, destroying the homes, terrorizing the occupants, and then using bizarre legal arguments to basically squat without paying rent. Eventually he blew a fuse and killed someone too

[Anonymous No.19314237]

Im reading through a complete collection of Yeats and Shogun. Shogun is fun and engaging but I feel like I'm kind of wasting my time. It doesn't evoke anything within me, it's just petty thrills so far but I've heard it gets really good later on. The Yeats collection is great though. My favorite poem so far has been "The two trees" but I've loved at least two dozen poems out of the 70 or so I've read so far.

[Anonymous No.19314250]

>>19313943
I've been reading about Burmese history lately, specifically "A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times". I wanted to visit the country to see the ruins of Bagan/Pagan, an ancient capital of theirs before the coof and new civil conflict hit. So this serves as a substitute for that, I guess.
Also reading some Lovecraft, to keep with the spooky autumn spirit. Living on a coast helps immerse myself in that.

[Anonymous No.19314277]

>>19314223
yes bruvva

[Anonymous No.19314297]

>>19314195
great book. For more madlad stories Limonov by the same guy is also good

[Anonymous No.19314583]

>>19313943
I'm currently fixating on Marquis de Sade and reading everything I can find on him

[Anonymous No.19314588]

>>19314583
meant to attach this

[Anonymous No.19314657]

>>19314588
Kek good one

[Anonymous No.19314715]

>>19314141
it could be so.

[Anonymous No.19314757]

>>19314588
>anuscript
top zozzle
>>19314715
please elaborate

[Anonymous No.19314882]

>>19314297
i will check it out, thanks!
>>19314225
i just read about that dude, fun stuff

[Anonymous No.19315489]

>>19314757
i only mean to say that you might be onto something. i think this has something to do with the way modern technology provides us all our basic needs, rendering our most deeply rooted goals (food, water, shelter, etc.) trivial non-issues. this makes us feel powerless, so we invent artificial goals to fill the void, leading to feelings of meaninglessness in our lives and such. i'm just paraphrasing kaczyinski, so if you haven't already and this interests you, read ISAIF

[Anonymous No.19315771]

>>19313943
I hope you feel better, anon. I'll pray for you.

[Anonymous No.19315866]

>>19314223
Nah, borax.

[Anonymous No.19316038]

>>19313943
I am sick af with a high fever and being awake is painful, but I’m still happy!
Currently I am reading the Game of Thrones series again, and tommorow I will order The Lightning and the Sun.
I just can’t wait to be healthy so I can work out and walk in Nature as usual, though. Hope you cheer up anon, watch some funny animals on youtube and smile!

[Anonymous No.19316073]

>>19314141
I'm pretty content, apart from those few moments every day when the curtain drops and I can see the abyss for a fraction of a second, but it doesn't last. I am on anti-depressants though and I live like an animal.

[Anonymous No.19316243]

[Anonymous No.19316263]

>>19313943
I somehow became obsessed with reading the diaries of Japanese noblewomen who dies a thousand years ago. They are a combination of funny and sad. Women who spen their whole lives barely moving, trapped by complex social obligations and a crazy labyrinth of religious taboos, writing poetry and trying to keep up appearances. You should give them a try.

[Anonymous No.19316319]

>>19313943
Want me to send you a book, anon?

[Anonymous No.19316373]

>>19314141
Just the opposite for me. I have three lifetimes worth of things that I want to accomplish and everything seem to be a three steps forward and two steps back process. I'm juggling too many things and not getting as far as I'd like as fast as I'd like in any of them.