/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.7002304]

/lit/ - tier books with covers that don't make you want to vomit

[Anonymous No.7002308]

>>7002304
Well okay OP but we're still waiting for you to begin

[Anonymous No.7002323]

>>7002308

[Anonymous No.7002356]

>>7002304
made this some ime ago. ring to get it printed on good material but dont know how to go about it.

[Anonymous No.7002360]

[Anonymous No.7002362]

>>7002323
I admit that's pretty classy, but for me the classic cover will always be the all-black with the cut of the Sandworm placed behind the title.

[Anonymous No.7002373]

>>7002356

[Anonymous No.7002380]

>>7002362
Post pic

[Anonymous No.7002493]

Not these then...

[Anonymous No.7002495]

>>7002493
those are actually my favourite kafka covers, man.

[Anonymous No.7002512]

>>7002493
>>7002495
>"reading" Kafka in English

kek

[Anonymous No.7002524]

>>7002304
this is hands down the best cover i have ever seen

[Anonymous No.7002539]

[Anonymous No.7002550]

>>7002493
>become a cover model they said
>you'll help inspire people they said

[Anonymous No.7002571]

>>7002495
Is it the idea of suffocation? I get how that may go hand in hand with Kafka, but ugh.
I'm reading The Castle at the moment, and can only look the inside.

[Anonymous No.7002574]

>>7002512
Junge geh nach Hause.

[Anonymous No.7002583]

>>7002571
Sometimes I too can only look the inside

[Anonymous No.7002590]

>>7002574
Since I'm mentally challenged and a monolingual idiot I cannot understand this post.

Time to read some translations and pretend that there are no differences to the originals!
Not that I could tell since I'm unable to comprehend any language other than my own!

[Anonymous No.7002598]

>>7002571
I dunno, they just kinda resonate with me.
plus they kind of remind me of this guy for some reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-S862p69B0

[Anonymous No.7002663]

>>7002598
That was transfixing.

[Anonymous No.7002677]

>>7002590
Yeah we all know reading the original is better than reading a translation. No need for this constant trolling about it.

[Anonymous No.7002679]

>>7002574
Er hat aber Recht.

I'm usually not trying to be an elitist cunt about stuff like this, but a lot of the greatness of Kafka comes from the way he uses the german language to his advantage - and I don't just mean vocabulary, that is actually quite simple, but, for example, the way the syntax can be bent to create suspense etc.

There is a reason many people who only read translations don't really get the appeal, and say stuff like "yeah he is good but I don't get why people consider him one of the greats of the 20th century".

[Anonymous No.7002706]

>>7002679
Please give me an example for this. I read some works by Kafka (in German) and I never felt any suspense.

[Anonymous No.7002739]

>>7002706
He often withholds crucial information until the very last word within his sentences. Take the most famous information, the first sentence of Die Verwandlung. It has a structure that cannot simply be translated into the english language.

[Anonymous No.7002758]

>>7002739
Yeah ok, not really impressed here. It's not like I take so long reading that I'll have waited half an hour for the verb.

[Anonymous No.7002763]

>>7002739
>He discovered that into a monstrous, verminous bug, he had been changed.
Its awkward for english, but translations like this should exist to capture the feeling of the original language better

[Anonymous No.7002770]

>>7002758
It adds a certain dramatic effect.

[Anonymous No.7002775]

>>7002758
But you still take time reading.

[Anonymous No.7002784]

>>7002763
More exact it would be
>he discovered himself into a monstrous, verminous bug transformed.

[Anonymous No.7002800]

>>7002770
Wow big deal. It's still the same story guys...

[Anonymous No.7002803]

>>7002784
I agree. I was playing with the syntax of the words that already existed(in the image), just to prove that it works.

How are "original logic" translations not a thing?

[Anonymous No.7002808]

>>7002800

[Anonymous No.7002812]

>>7002803
>How are "original logic" translations not a thing?
Because they wouldn't sell due to being extremely awkward, and people who care just read the original, I guess.

>>7002800
Then why not just watch the movie? Or read the synopsis on wikipedia?

[Anonymous No.7002833]

>>7002812
So youre saying reading the translation is equal to reading a synopsis?
Are you learning a new language everytime you want to read a foreign author?

[Anonymous No.7002839]

>>7002812
>Because they wouldn't sell due to being extremely awkward, and people who care just read the original, I guess.

But still, they would exist in libraries, only for the more educated to read. I think the reason it's more political than anything. All languages claim to be the more efficient way of comunicating ideas, otherwise there wouldn't be so many different languages. Science has not overcomed petty politics. That's my guess at least...

[Anonymous No.7002846]

>>7002839
>All languages claim to be the more efficient way of comunicating ideas, otherwise there wouldn't be so many different languages. Science has not overcomed petty politics. That's my guess at least...

You are stupid.

[Anonymous No.7002847]

>>7002833
>So youre saying reading the translation is equal to reading a synopsis?
It was a hyperbole, but you have to admit that in 99% of the cases reading the translation is the inferior way to read the book, and Kafka is an extreme case of this.

[Anonymous No.7002879]

>>7002846
If not for efficiency at communicating what would languages change over time?

[Anonymous No.7002978]

>>7002847
Yes, I acknowledge that. Nevertheless, reading a translation is still "reading", unlike the post that kicked this argument off, stated.