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I would like to read more contemporary (post-WW2) literature, but I find upper-middle class angst, social justice, WW2, jews, nazis, and the holocaust to be unfathomably boring topics. What/who should I read? I liked Houellebecq but besides him none of the "in" people seem particularly interesting to me.

>> No.19701170

>>19701142
Take the Updikepill I guess.

>> No.19701187

>>19701142
Waiting for Godot
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Lolita
On the Road
Children of the Alley
The Woman in the Dunes
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Red Sorghum
Norwegian Wood
The Cure at Troy
The Famished Road
Beijing Coma

>> No.19702033

I like Nevil Shute. On the Beach is great. Don't get turned off because it's about nuclear holocaust, it doesn't preach to you. Really shocking how devoid of ideas it is, just a good little book about people and how they handle an extreme situation. Trustee From the Toolroom is also good.

>> No.19702043

>>19701142
>likes Houellebecq
>finds upper-middle class angst boring

>> No.19702058

>>19701142
>I find upper-middle class angst, social justice, WW2, jews, nazis, and the holocaust to be unfathomably boring topics
Then learn a language that isn't english.

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>>19701142
Which epic of Gilgamesh translation should I read?

>> No.19702834

>>19702033
Hell yeah, Nevil Shute is great!
This is the only good thread on /lit/ right now because of you.

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>> No.19702944

>>19701142
All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know?
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino
… All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette
… Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian
… The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink, then they bring you more
… All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian
… All the kids in the marketplace say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian
… Slide your feet up the street, bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac
… If you wanna find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block
… All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian
… All the cops in the donut shop say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian