/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.4896136]

> you are going to spend ten years on a desert island where, along with the most comprehensive dictionary compiled for the language of your choosing, and a full set of the most comprehensive encyclopedia, you will be allowed to bring the complete published works of five authors

I think I'll take

> Shakespeare
For massive output of exceptional quality, I might want to recite a lot of his shit on the island too...

> Chekhov
For writing a gajillion short stories of very high quality.

> Tolstoy
Imo the most entertaining novelist

> T.S Eliot
My favourite writer in general, lots of time to study his poems.

> James Joyce
Lots of time to read and rereaed ulysses and finnegans wake.

[Anonymous No.4896145]

>>4896136
Do you speak Russian, or are you planning to learn it?

[Anonymous No.4896148]

>>4896145

Chekhov and Tolstoy are both available in translation.

[Anonymous No.4896150]

>>4896148
But not their complete published works by the same translator.

[Anonymous No.4896158]

>>4896150

Why would an authors complete published works have to be by the same translator or even publisher? If the author you picked published (even posthumously, so kafka is a viable pick) a work, you get it.

[Anonymous No.4896189]

why do people come out with these implausible scenarios?

[Anonymous No.4896205]

>>4896189
It's just an more interesting way to ask "what are your favorite books."

Relax...

[Anonymous No.4896207]

>mfw mfw when I speak Russian

[Anonymous No.4896214]

>>4896158
I just don't see why you wouldn't have the dictionary be in Russia, the Chekov and Tolstoy in Russian and spend your 10 years also learning Russian. Seems like a better way to spend time that reading the same books over and over.

[Anonymous No.4896218]

>>4896205
no it isnt

>complete works
>favorite books

i just get so fucking mad when you fucking shitposters fucking come on this board with your 5 year old tier scenarios for 'fun'. What sort of fucking tosser enjoys doing this? Are you so far up your own ass you need to tell people you would take the complete works of Shakespeare? Wake up! So would every other fucking English speaking person on the planet. Get a grip, you have no fucking personality beyond your shitty lists. Reading Totstoy does not make you an interesting person.
Fuck off and die.

[Anonymous No.4896220]

Plato
Adorno
Ashberry
Keats
Bolano

[Anonymous No.4896221]

I'd take a bunch of survival manuals and some porno mags. Really the only acceptable answer.

[Anonymous No.4896226]

>>4896218
Nigga u mad and projecting heavily. Not even OP

[Anonymous No.4896229]

>>4896218

> projecting this hard

Bro, it's a thread about books on a book forum. You need to relax.

>>4896214

Hmm I hadn't considered learning the language like that.

[Anonymous No.4896237]

>>4896226
>>4896229
get fucked you mongoloid fucks.

>my favorite books are important to anyone else!!!

no
just no

no one GIVES A SHIT that you fucking reading some Russian novelist. Guess what? so does everyone else on this board. You are not special, in any way. Do everyone a favour - delete this thread, and then delete your life.

[Anonymous No.4896254]

>>4896237
The first post you responded to wasn't even OP... Seriously, chill out. I actually am interested in books other people like. We're not claiming we're special. Just trying to start a conversation about a few good books.

[Anonymous No.4896256]

>>4896237

> nobody cares about what books you read

Hey man, it's a book forum on an anonymous image board. You are seriously mad that people are discussing books on a website for discussing books.

I've seriously never seen anyone get so butthurt over fucking nothing.

[Anonymous No.4896258]

>>4896237
>no one GIVES A SHIT that you fucking reading some Russian novelist. Guess what? so does everyone else on this board. You are not special, in any way.

Still projecting. At this point I'm convinced you're just drunk and 'avin' a giggle m8