/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.2026241]

ITT: favorite works of literature

1. One Hundred Years Of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce
3. Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf
4. A Hunger Artist – Franz Kafka
5. Go Down, Moses – William Faulkner

[Anonymous No.2026251]

Some of my favorites, in no real order:

>Kornel Esti by Dezso Kosztolanyi
>The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata
>Today I Wrote Nothing by Daniil Kharms
>The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
>Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa
>Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
>A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
>Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
>Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

[Anonymous No.2026256]

>>2026251

sure is multiculturalist in here.

I like the movie Rashomon.

[Anonymous No.2026257]

Hey op I really don't care that you just recently assembled what you believe quintessentially encapsulates a front for your personality while being just so that it exhibits some sort of high taste and sense of sincerity in its assembly of obscure pop classics. You are a fraud with nothing more than ulterior motives and are utterly incapable of breathing in the air of literature. You are insecure, trapped in this world, casting the things around you as a pri

[Anonymous No.2026260]

>>2026257

I stopped reading at 'what you believe quintessentially encapsulates a front for your personality'

They're just good books. I just found this on my computer and actually have no recollection of its composition. It fits pretty well though. Faust should also be in there, probably.

[Anonymous No.2026264]

>>2026256
Yeah, I'm a big fan of world literature in general.

You should check out some of Akutagawa's stories then! The movie Rashomon was actually based more on his story "In a Grove," but took the setting from "Rashomon."

[Anonymous No.2026268]

>>2026260
If you were still a man you'd heed to the word of that image. But you are not. You are an absent balled mink.

[Anonymous No.2026275]

>>2026268

Please stop pretending this internet temper tantrum you're on is based in any kind of rationality, son. I'm not mad, myself, but I won't say I'm not embarrassed on your behalf right now.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.2026277]

>>2026257
maybe he's just not read very much? no need to be a dick...

[Anonymous No.2026283]

Vineland and Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Dubliners by James Joyce
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea
The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

[Anonymous No.2026286]

In order:

God-Emperor of Dune Frank Herbert
Voyage of the Space Bagle-Van Vogt
The Gentleman from San Francisco-Ivan Bunin

Godel, Escher, Bach fast becoming a favorite, though I haven't finished it yet.

[Anonymous No.2026288]

>>2026277
I worked my entire life with people, complete imbeciles and pathetic frauds riding me. The first seven years of my life a fucking filthy pig beat me night after night. This went on until I was placed in foster care. Away from my father. My second family verbally abused me and I was groped by the father, who in exchange for my silence, put me through college. Ive since then called that parasite, the illiterate Fuck who was only capable of letting his desires drive him, night after night telling him to commit suicide or I'd Fuck him over. It wasn't until after he finally pulled the trigger that I realized the gravity of my actions. So am I conflicted? Yes.

I hate these frauds who use, molest literature for their own personal fulfillment. You disgusting vultures.

[Anonymous No.2026289]

>>2026277

I've read all of >>2026283 except Wolfe's.

>>2026283

kudos on The Illuminatus. That's another favorite of mine actually.

[Anonymous No.2026294]

>>2026288

I lol'd.

[Anonymous No.2026298]

>>2026294
We all did.

[Anonymous No.2026300]

>>2026289
Neat. I learned about it on /x/ before /lit/ existed in one of their weird books threads. It's a funny book even though I only read most of one of the books and then forgot everything that happened. Always happens when I read pomo fiction.

[Anonymous No.2026306]

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
Point/ Counterpoint - Aldous Huxley

[Sherlock Holmes Guy No.2026307]

The Complete Illustrated Works of Anonymous, vol. 1-4

this massive collection spans Anonymous' early cave etchings all the way to his recent works published on the internet (including 4chan). i've read vol. 4, "Anonymous on the Internet" more than any of the rest, but i like the whole thing.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026311]

I likeyou.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026313]

>>2026311
>>2026307
was directd at sherlcok holmes guy sorry.

[Anonymous No.2026314]

Wilde's Fairy Tales, Portrait Mr. WH, Picture Dorian Gray, Soul of a Man Under Socialism, De Profundis, Intentions
Witty's TLP
Schop's World as Will and Idea

[Sherlock Holmes Guy No.2026317]

>>2026313
:)

[Sherlock Holmes Guy No.2026321]

Question. You wouldn't happen to be single and male? Finding somebody with my taste is an absolute chore, and don't even get me started with an interested boy! ;3

So how bout it?

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026328]

>>2026317
>>2026317
I read the first stwo shrelock homles and they were both pretty darn good, but I'm tempted to read through all of the novels one after the other, wouldn you recoomend doing this?

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026336]

How about what/? : 3

[Sherlock Holmes Guy No.2026339]

>>2026328
>>2026328
Ive umm... actually never read any of the original novels. Only seen the movies and a teleplay. I enjoy the idea of it though, its just a little too complicated for me to handle. Wow, confessing really is a load off. :D

My answer? Don't. You'll probably be bored to death and I can't go about having a dead bf now can I?

[Sherlock Holmes Guy No.2026342]

>>2026321
haha oh gosh i suppose this was inevitable. enjoy my identity, anonymous

>>2026328
I think that Hound of the Baskervilles is better when you're more acquainted with the characters through the short stories, but since you've read STUD and SIGN i'd say you're familiar enough. The Valley of Fear is...eh. Remember what happened in the second half of A Study In Scarlet? same sort of thing.

[Anonymous No.2026351]

>>2026241
>Mrs Dalloway
>not The Waves
What are you, some kind of faggot?

[Anonymous No.2026353]

>>2026313
Supplication in the form of a gaze that could break your heart? I like this idea.

[Anonymous No.2026355]

>>2026342

Why don't you just get a tripcode sherlock?

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026360]

>>2026339
>sherlcok Holmes Guy hasnt' read sherlock holmes
I don't know whether to feel cheated or what , I guessi just efeel disappointed in you.
>>2026342
I don't understand what you're saying about the identiyy but whatever.
Maybe I'll just dip into the novels between other readings.

[Anonymous No.2026362]

>>2026351

I didn't read that one. I read of it, and the opening paragraph was pretty good, but I had better things to do.

And no, I'm hetero.

[Sherlock Holmes Guy !!3Ysc2QTy3g7 No.2026367]

>>2026355
I was a losing that because I dislike remembering the code. Guess ill start here. Fucking anon you pill

[Sherlock Holmes Guy !!3Ysc2QTy3g7 No.2026373]

>>2026360
Does this mean we can't be together? Fine.

Fuck it. I don't need some whore who posts picture of some curly haired cow as a gimmick. Enjoy your empty miserable life.

[Anonymous No.2026375]

>>2026362
Then read it. It's much better.
That isn't opinion, it's fact.
FACT!

[Anonymous No.2026372]

>>2026339
Impostor!

[Anonymous No.2026381]

>>2026241
High five for virginia woolf, I finished reading through her novels today (I'm writing my dissertation on her) and Mrs Dalloway ranks highly. If you haven't read it before, you absolutely must read the waves.

[Anonymous No.2026382]

>>2026375

I'll read it at some point, but I'm all but certain I won't like it more than Dalloway. It's like the perfect novel.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026385]

>>2026373
>kate bush
>curly haired cow
well fuck you ShG i thought you were anice ugy

[Anonymous No.2026387]

>>2026381
Well shit, apparently I missed the previous comment.. but yeah, it still stands.

[Sherlock Holmes Guy No.2026391]

>>2026355
eh, I don't know. I was anonymous for ~5 years before this, and I think it's more my style. It's fun being a namefag for a change, but I think adding a trip to my name would put too much of a wedge between me and anon. at any rate, i'm not that desperate to preserve my identity. If it's taken, it's taken, and I can sit back and see what develops. Hopefully it won't shit up the board, whatever ensues.

[Anonymous No.2026394]

>>2026381
>>2026375

ohalright.jpg

>>2026385

I'm a nice guy. I'm so nice I let you flirt on my post.

[Anonymous No.2026395]

>>2026241

OP if you liked Kafka's Hunger Artist you'll probably like Knut Hamsun's novel Hunger, which is what inspired Kafka.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026410]

I don't know what the fuck is goign on anymore.

[Anonymous No.2026420]

>>2026395

thanks, I'll check it out. I've heard good things of that author.

[Sherlock Holmes Guy !!LpJFJwZq2Js No.2026425]

>>2026410
No surprises there.

That must've been your catch phrase all through schooling.

[Anonymous No.2026432]

>>2026425

I'm beginning to suspect this guy isn't the real Sherlock Holmes!

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026443]

>>2026425
I didn't speak a lto in high school so I dodn't ave a catchphrase sorry.

[Anonymous No.2026452]

>>2026410

post pic of ur fax

[Sherlock Holmes Guy !!LpJFJwZq2Js No.2026455]

That's understandable. I'd have a hard time speaking if my cunt mouth were full of cocks every second of the day too.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026456]

>>2026452
i dont' have a fax machine

[Anonymous No.2026458]

>>2026456

face plz

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026459]

>>2026455
i'm sorry for being stuch a slut

[Sherlock Holmes Guy No.2026461]

>>2026432
Excellent, Watson! you'll solve the mystery yet :)

>>2026410
By experimenting with namefaggotry I have allowed my ego to grow so large that it has split off into two, maybe three, possibly even four autonomous and sentient individuals, all of whom have gone insane with power. I can only hope that these avatars of my original personality will do justice to our collective name and make /lit/ an enjoyable board for all, where the adventures of sherlock holmes are freely discussed, as was my initial intention.

anyway, I've always dreaded becoming embroiled in tripfag nonsense and I don't relish talking about myself, so after this post I'll be going as Anon.

Very sincerely yours,
S.H.G.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026466]

>>2026461
I don't get it, you don't like me or what?

[Anonymous No.2026472]

>>2026461
hey what sherlock holmes book should i read first?

[Anonymous No.2026473]

>>2026466

just post your face

[Anonymous No.2026474]

>>2026461

[Moriarty Guy No.2026478]

>>2026461

>just as planned...

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026480]

>>2026472
He said he didn't read Sherlocj Homes jsut erad study in scarlet t's the first one.

[Anonymous No.2026482]

>>2026461
>anyway, I've always dreaded becoming embroiled in tripfag nonsense and I don't relish talking about myself, so after this post I'll be going as Anon.

A true hero for our times has passed. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.2026483]

>>2026288
sorry for not replying soon, i was busy...

>I worked my entire life with people, complete imbeciles and pathetic frauds riding me.
irrelevant.

>The first seven years of my life a fucking filthy pig beat me night after night.
ok, still got nothing to do with a teenager on a /lit/ board listing the fav books he read.

>My second family verbally abused me and I was groped by the father, who in exchange for my silence, put me through college.
Wait, so you got physical intimacy AND your college paid for you? i know most girls are considered choosers rather than beggars because 'all guys are always perving 24/7, checking you out all the time waawaawaawaawaa' or something like that, but isn't it taking it a bit far to be mad about the guy that puts a roof over your head to have a little feelie now and again? jesus.

>Ive since then called that parasite, the illiterate Fuck who was only capable of letting his desires drive him, night after night telling him to commit suicide or I'd Fuck him over. It wasn't until after he finally pulled the trigger that I realized the gravity of my actions. So am I conflicted? Yes.
You made a nice guy that adopted a child instead of being a breeder faggot kill himself? i wouldnt call you 'conflicted'. more like you're now realizing you hated him for stupid reasons and are not able to fully accept your guilt yet.

>I hate these frauds who use, molest literature for their own personal fulfillment.
how is he molesting literature?

>You disgusting vultures.
you've made yourself look more disgusting than by pointing out anything about others on here. for shame.

[Sherlock Holmes Guy !!LpJFJwZq2Js No.2026495]

And I'm back. Sorry guys, just wanted to see how my adoring fans would take the news.

>>2026466
Would you suck me? If the answer is no then you can just take your cunt face and twattle the Fuck off this board at once. Whore.

[Anonymous No.2026491]

>>2026483

OP here. Not a teenager, incidentally. I think that guy's gone anyway though. Weird dude.

[Anonymous No.2026493]

>>2026480
post ur fakken fayce ye wimpy gal

[Anonymous No.2026501]

>>2026493

YEAH AND THEN UR TITS

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026503]

>>2026495
I'm not a girl.

[Anonymous No.2026505]

>>2026472
A Study in Scarlet, Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (starting with A Scandal in Bohemia) are all acceptable starting points. STUD introduces Holmes and Watson for the first time, HOUN is probably the most widely-read of the SH books among non-Sherlockians, and the short stories are really the heart of Sherlockania. You can read them in any order, but the most common experience is to begin with one of those three.

>>2026478
i lol'd so fucking hard. pic is for you.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.2026506]

>>2026491
guy? if it was a guy that's even worse. change the choosers part to being a beggar and he should be even more grateful he got that attention.

personally i would be really grateful for a pervy old guy to be appreciative of me : /

[Anonymous No.2026509]

OH FUCK TYBRAX IS BACK NO NO NO NO FUCKING SHIT WHY! FUCK YOU TYBRAX, GO AWAY, AAGAGAHGAHGIDANGPANGDADSOGNAD

God dammit GOD DAMMIT

[Sherlock Holmes Guy !!LpJFJwZq2Js No.2026520]

>>2026503
Yeah, no fucking dip Sherlock. The question still stands.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.2026522]

why is anon-kun is so tsundere for me

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2026526]

>>2026520
Maybe.

[Anonymous No.2026527]

>>2026522
I'm not tsundere, I just fucking hate you. Go the fuck away, seriously. You make /lit/ exponentially worse simply by existing.

I go away for a couple hours and suddenly Tybrax is back, there's this new Fauve guy, and Fake Sherlock Holmes is happening. Did somebody flip the troll switch while I was gone?

[Anonymous No.2026535]

>>2026527

he strikes me as a bit of an ass. I'm still not sure why liking Joyce, Woolf, Kafka, Faulkner, and 100 Years of Solitude made me seem like a teenager in his eyes.

[Moriarty Guy's corpse No.2026537]

>>2026505

>floats down the River Aar because Sherlock Holmes Guy laughed so hard we both fell down some waterfalls.

[Anonymous No.2026538]

>>2026509
But he was one of the best posters on /lit/. Why is that a bad thing? If you hate him only your own newfaggotry is showing.

[Anonymous No.2026556]

Here we go, in no order:

>Notes From Underground - Dostoyevsky
>The Metamorphosis - Kafka
>Homage to Catalonia - Orwell
>Egil's Saga - Anonymous
>Táin Bo Cúailnge - Anonymous

[Anonymous No.2026563]

>>2026538
No. fucking no, you fucker. he was one of the most consistently terrible posters in the history of /lit/, he was constantly posting off-topic, insipid bullshit about his personal life and his bullshit psychological helplessness, why are you even defending him, you probably are him. Tybrax is literally THE WORST and fuck you if you support him in anyway. Tybrax needs to get the fuck out and stop shitting /lit/ up immediately.

[None !WvWWh.l.CE No.2026582]

>>2026535
that wasn't why i assumed you were a teenager...

>>2026563
slander

[Anonymous No.2026589]

>>2026582

Oh thank goodness.

[Anonymous No.2026613]

Starting from most preferred:
>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

[Anonymous No.2026632]

>>2026613

Half-Blood Prince is the best, for what it's worth.

[emoisntdeadiguess No.2026676]

On The Road- Jack Kerouac
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle- Haruki Murakami
The Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Junky- William S. Burroughs
The Stranger- Albert Camus

[Anonymous No.2026679]

>>2026537
I will now spend three years hopping from board to board, murdering your minions until Sebastian Moran Guy slips up and kills another name on /lit/--then i shall strike, and all will be right in the world

i'm not sure who i can hire to make a wax bust of myself, though--i'm not even sure what i look like, being an intangible internet personality. this will have to be arranged by Mycroft Guy