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ITT: We discuss the literary masterpiece of our generation

>> No.2624145

Are you being sarcastic? Noisy and Near was a masterpiece of modern literature. I especially enjoyed the symbolism behind the slaughtering of the animals in the zoo.

>> No.2624141

>>2624134
Oskar Schell is a modern day Tom Sawyer

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>> No.2624163

/lit/ just doesn't know an instant classic when it sees one

>> No.2624169

>>2624163
Hey, fuck you, I've already seen the movie three times.

>> No.2624176

>>2624145
Go back to foerchan, faggot

>> No.2624181
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>>2624169

>> No.2624200

Go out and buy this book now, /lit/. Buy two copies in case one gets hit by an airplane

>> No.2624280
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it's actually kind of sad that the only thing contemporary writers dare to reflect seriously upon are the ephemeral non-events which were clinically kitsch from the moment of their sensationalised accession.

>> No.2624293

>>2624280
It's probably because contemporary writers are fags

>> No.2624294

>>2624280
That isn't true, it just happens to be what tends to make bank and that is what publishers are most interested in.

>> No.2624301

suanne collins, author of the hunger games.

>> No.2624303

>>2624294
That's probably because contemporary consumers of books are fags

>> No.2624307

>>2624280
I see you haven't let your flagrant magniloquence slide while you've been away, trumie :3

>> No.2624310

>>2624280
>implying Noisy and Near is "serious reflection" and not just arbitrarily assembled words that have little to no meaning

>> No.2624316
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>>2624280

Also,
>clinically kitsch
I'm stealing that.

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>>2624280

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>>2624310

yeah i agree, the saf-man especially writes with little semantic content (even for a post-modern author); I meant 'serious' more in the sense that he's being unironic.

>>2624332
something funny mate?

>> No.2624378

>>2624134
I dunno I thought the sections with his Grandparents were pretty good.

>> No.2624382

>>2624280
>implying you've read more than a handful of contemporary writers.

>> No.2624553

>>2624378
I preferred the Oskar sections.

>> No.2624619

>>2624134
Pretty mediocre book, OP. Our "generation" has produced little more than excrement.

>> No.2624623

>>2624382
pop and genre fiction do not count, in his head, as literature.

>> No.2624633

>>2624378

>>2624553
I thought the entire book was a piece of garbage.

>> No.2624638

>>2624623
They don't count as literature to me, either. I'm not sure why you even brought them up.

>> No.2624642

>>2624638
OP's book is essentially pop lit.
Shit loads of gimmicks, thimbleful of meaningful content.

>> No.2624645

>>2624638
contemporary literature you like: pop fiction pleb garbage
contemporary literature I like: soon-to-be timeless classics

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it's early sunday morning. jonathan safran foer drops a jar of agave nectar in the express lane at whole foods. the cashier crouches and starts cleaning up the spill. he stands and watches -- it's not that he doesn't want to help, but there's a lot of glass and he doesn't want to get a splinter

>> No.2624656

nothing about this conversation is positive or good or even amusing

i hate all of you

>> No.2624657

>>2624656
welcome to the fold

>> No.2624679

>>2624654
I softly chuckled.

captcha: Camus herifina

>> No.2624682

>>2624654
You've captured his writing style. Let me try-
Jonathan Safran Foer finds a plastic mold of an anus on a street corner. He wonders, "should I fuck this?" but decides against it- he's got plenty at home.

>> No.2624689

>mfw everything is illuminated is actually a great book

>> No.2624696

>>2624689
It seems you have no face...