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Itt: Countries with no decent literature.

>> No.22063977
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Bait, but I'll fix it.

>> No.22063990

>>22063973
Low effort bait, doesn't even deserve funny fish

>> No.22064009

>>22063973
Scandinavian countries mostly. Wherever life is nice, the literature suffers.

>> No.22064018

>>22063977
>>22063990
Paddies have never written anything besides cloying slop and misery porn

>> No.22064021

It has decent literature but pretty much all of it was written by its Anglo-Irish population.

>> No.22064054

>>22063973
Ireland has my favourite literature

>> No.22064114

>>22063990
>>22064018
>>22064021
>>22064054
Other than James Joyce, name some Irish authors off the top of your head.

>> No.22064123

>>22064114
Wilde, Lewis, Swift, Shaw, Beckett

>> No.22064125

>>22064114
Yeats

>> No.22064134

>>22064114
b8, but here: beckett, swift, wilde, yeats, shaw, heaney, the list could go on...

>> No.22064140

>>22064134
O’Brien and O’Connor deserve a name drop

>> No.22064143

>>22064114
Brennan

>> No.22064193

>>22064114
To add some more, Sheridan Le Fanu, Flannery O'Brien, Colm Tóibín, Sterne and Swift if they count, John Banville. Can't of any more rn

>> No.22064214

>>22064193
>copying diacritics from your google search
Weak shit, potatonigger.

>> No.22064241

>>22063973
Italy has a couple good authors

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close the thread

>> No.22064529

>>22064125
Beat me to it. I'm a sucker for stories about the fae.

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>> No.22064585

>>22064371
Benelux in general.

>> No.22065614

>>22063977
or the commonwealth in general

>> No.22065627

>>22064371
At least you have painters

>> No.22065635

>>22063973
you will never be italian. ywnbi

>> No.22065669

>>22063973
Oscar Wilde
>>22063977
Margaret Atwood
>>22064371
Anne Frank
>>22064569
I actually don't know of any writing from there.
You win.

>> No.22065689

>>22063973
It's funny because based on Joyce's letters, he seemed to have the exact same opinion as you, OP. Joyce was a pacifist and pretty much a proto-hipster. His worldview was defined by opposing the majority of his countrymen whom he viewed as uneducated god-fearing drunkards who were obsessed with a mythological past which was glorified by the far more patriotic Yeats.

>> No.22065699

>>22065669
> Anne Frank
Lmao

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>>22064585
Georges Simenon
Georges Rodenbach
Gerrit Achterberg
Sneffle

>> No.22065781

>>22064214
Just couldn't remember how to spell his surname so I googled it

>> No.22065940

>>22065689
Ulysses has several scenes criticizing Irish nationalists.

>> No.22065943

>>22064371 Spinoza

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>> No.22065979

>beggorah, duh English, muh potatoes
Yeah, we get it, Patrick.

>> No.22065983

>>22065669
>atwood
lol

>> No.22066226

>>22063977
R Scott Bakker

>> No.22066246

Germany, unironically

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pick one
any

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I know SEAmonkeys are a soft target but the filipinos in particular stand out in their lack of culture

>> No.22066276

>>22066267
You'd think their old empires would have something interesting to say but nope.

>> No.22066297

>>22066276
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamker

>> No.22066304

>>22065689
I figured that out when he made a cosmopolitan jew the protagonist of Finnegan's Wake and did business with a bunch of Jewish American publishers.

>> No.22066311

>>22066297
Kino, anything from Champa or anything Malay maybe? The plethora of volcanoes and focus on seafaring should give them something to work with right?

>> No.22066333

>>22066311
I'm not an expert but for Malay literature you can try out Sejarah Melayu

>> No.22066340

>>22066333
Dankenziegraziass. I try to read something from every culture and the recs here can be great.

>> No.22067593

>>22065943
>Spinoza
He's from jewland though.

>> No.22067599

>>22066267
Ocean Vuong

>> No.22068102

>>22064114
Kavanagh, Mahon

>> No.22068188

>>22064114
Dunsany but that one is honorary British.

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>i am... le depressed!
boring

>> No.22068298

>>22067599
American.

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>>22068261
Yeah, I concur lioke

I know it's a beloved schlop of a genre for many, but let me play the devil's advocate here and argue why Russian literature is downright feckin shiote.

Overwhelming Pessimism: One of the defining characteristics of Russian literature is its unrelenting pessimism. From Dostoevsky's tortured souls to Tolstoy's existential crises, these authors seem obsessed with dwelling on the darkest aspects of human existence. While some appreciate this as a reflection of the human condition, it can also become a tiresome and draining experience for readers seeking more uplifting narratives.

Lengthy and Meandering Narratives: Russian authors have a penchant for long, intricate narratives that can test the patience of even the most devoted readers. Take Tolstoy's "War and Peace," for example. Sure, it's considered a masterpiece, but let's be honest, how many people actually make it through the entirety of this behemoth? Russian literature often sacrifices brevity and conciseness for the sake of indulging in elaborate descriptions and tangential subplots.

Yall Brainrotting midwits. I stan USA

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>>22068357
ong sksksksks

>> No.22068377

>>22068357
because the country was always shit and people were almost proud of it

>> No.22068381

>>22068261
russian's are hacks, the French are where it's at

>> No.22068384

>>22065669
>le cupboard jew is their best author
grim

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cant name one good book from this shithole

>> No.22068396

>>22068390
Lord of the Bings

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>>22068377
>coping.... le no food?
>Write a depressing political movement to earn two slices of bread for that month.

>> No.22068432

>>22064018
The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster

>> No.22068444

>>22068390
When that bitch farted on that dude and her cuck husband thought it was Noah's flood

>> No.22068510

>>22063973
Australia has unfortunately yet to release anything of global note. It really is depressing as an Australian to go "uh uh banjo Patterson wrote some ok poetry" and scrape together all slightly above average works. It is really strange how Australia can be cultural leaders in many fields but literature is for the most part a pit.

>> No.22068542

>>22065669
Margaret Atwood is an insult to the written word.

>> No.22068560

>>22064140
Myles na Gopaleen was the best mick writer ever and his magnum opus was about how the irish are a cursed race.

>> No.22068647

>>22068390
Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby.

>> No.22068649

>>22068510
Take it as a challenge, faggot. Carpe diem.

>> No.22070186

>>22068542
>Margaret Atwood is an insult to the written word.

This anon knows all, we should stop to write and ask life advice from this anon.

Should I live in a basement or in a park?

>> No.22070317

>>22064371
Nescio

>> No.22070336

>>22068560
>cursed
English is so paltry

>> No.22070348

>>22065669
>Atwood
Fucking retard

>> No.22070359

>>22064114
Patrick Kavanaugh

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>> No.22070389

>>22070372
>t. extant buttblasted ESL from every Faulkner and American lit thread
Kek truly mindbroken

>> No.22070580

>>22064214
phøņēčhåđš can just hold the letter down

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>>22065669
>atwood

>> No.22071067

>>22064140
STFU

>> No.22071124

>>22065943
Portugese man who wrote in Latin cope harder

>> No.22071148

>>22064371
houd je kanker bek mavo joch, alleen omdat je verplicht moest lezen op school betekent niet dat alles kut is

>> No.22071165

>>22064371
MAVO scholier gespot.
>Mulisch
>Wolkers
>Hermans
>Haasse
>Dick fucking Bruna
>Multatuli
>Grunberg
>Couperus
>Bernlef
>Japin
>Nescio
>Spinoza
Fucking Anjet Daantje heeft laatst een meesterwerk geschreven.

>> No.22071220

>>22071165
>Letterlijk een Mavo leeslijst
>Wolkers, Hermans... geen Reve
>Dick Bruna
>Spinoza
Wallah kader joch

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Shaq'ania. it has no decent literature because I made it up and that real people don't live there. Same as the majority AI-generated countries mentioned itt.

>> No.22071633

>>22064018
You're thinking of their music, Irish literature is based.

>> No.22071674

>>22064214
This mfer hasn't heard of the Alt Gr key

>> No.22071679

>>22066268
Jose Rizal alone has contributed more to the world's cultural heritage than you have contributed cum to the stiff sock you hide from your mum

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>>22063973

>> No.22072983

>>22063973
Why didn't they fish

>> No.22073108

>>22063977
https://www.amazon.ca/Best-Sellers-Books-Canadian-Literature/zgbs/books/933410/ref=zg_bs_nav_books_2_927790
i've at least heard of a few of them..

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>>22068357
did you have an ai write that garbage?

>> No.22074717

>>22066268
SEA literature is underrated. Read Amin Sweeney’s essays on Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi (Thorns and Bananas is a good one). And there’s Syed Naquib al-Attas which is one of the most seminal contemporary Muslim Scholar.

>> No.22074836

>>22064114
JOHN BANVILLE

>> No.22074847

>>22064114
Roddy Doyle

>> No.22074938

>>22071686
Fuzuli, Kemal