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>be reading
>words seem to bring to light some hidden dark part of you
>feel some deep connection with the author
>feel inarticulate for not being able to express life in such a genuine way to others
>have to put book down for the goodness of the writing and enjoy the moment
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>/lit/ feels thread?

>> No.5091642

> be reading
> book is shit

>> No.5091647

>>5091634

Love east of eden

>> No.5091668

Ending to east of eden was epic.

>> No.5091698

>>5091668
Timshel!!!

I know the feel OP, Steinbeck does that to me, so does Larry McMurtry and Cormac. In case you can't tell, I'm from west Texas.

I think of that feeling as a kind of nostalgia from the atmosphere. To me, its the difference between liking and loving a book.

>> No.5091742 [DELETED] 

>>5091698
>Larry McMurtry


Yeah some of the scenery in blood meridian really gave me the feels

like real hard

>> No.5091749

Convoluted, practically messageless book, really untypical of steinbeck.

>> No.5091895

>>5091698
Same anon but not op. I really enjoyed lonesome dove (and the tv miniseries a lot too) and have read most of mccarthy's stuff. We could be buds.

>> No.5091929

>>5091634
I haven't read much, but from those that I have read, here's a little list of books with those feels
>La Divina Commedia
>King John
>A Sentimental Journey
>The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
>The Red and the Black
>La Petite Fadette
>Dorian Gray
>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
>Finnegans Wake
>The Magic Mountain
>Old Man and the Sea
>A Moveable Feast
>Under the Volcano

>> No.5091944

>>5091895
Haven't gotten to Lonesome Dove yet, but I've read a few of his contemporary works like The Last Picture Show and Horseman Pass By.

Before I afford you coveted bud status, what's your favorite McCarthy? I absolutely love The Border Trilogy but most people here haven't seem to read or enjoy it.

>> No.5091978

>>5091944
I've read border trilogy. They were great. You must read lonesome dove. My fave mccarthy might be suttree.

>> No.5091994

>just finish On The Road
>feel a new found zest for life
>strong admiration for Dean Moriarity
>not sure what to read next

>> No.5092011

>>5091978
Why Suttree? I'm less into his Tennessee novels, they seem less biblical and less naturalistic, more deliverance. And I'm gonna pick up Lonesome Dove this week.

>> No.5092018

>don't get feels from reading
>what is wrong with me?

>> No.5092025

>>5092018
You're not reading the right kind of books. It's possible that you're trying too hard like this guy>>5091929
instead of choosing works that speak to you.

>> No.5092055

Am I the only one who was surprised and aroused by the BDSM in East of Eden?

>> No.5092060

>>5092018


Give some of the following a try


>Blood Meridian
>Moby Dick
>Suttree
>the sound and the fury

>> No.5092102

>>5092011
You're in for a treat with ldove. One of my fave westerns. Also look into warlock by oakley hall. Another epic western.

Suttree was just intensely character driven. Moreso than quite a few of his noveIs. i thought it as stylized as blood meridian. maybe not as cryptic but as good and better in some ways that just appealed to me.