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>reading fiction books

>> No.8913150

What's wrong with fiction?

>> No.8913153

>>8913150
it's all made up by some white male

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8913157

>reducing literature do a genre

>> No.8913256

>reading books

>> No.8914023

>>8913256
>existing

>> No.8914039

>>8914023
>

>> No.8914048

>>8914039

>> No.8914095

>Believing there is a such a thing as "non"-fiction

>> No.8914100

Fiction is realer than non-fiction.
Realer in the sense that it is better at expressing the truths that are realest to us, closest to our actual experiences.
Fiction reveals truths about life and the human condition more efficiently than non-fiction.
It's why ancient civilizations expressed their most important values through myths. It's why Nietzsche's most important work took the form of a novel.
It's why today we read The Odyssey instead of Herodutus' Histories. Facts change by the decade.
The human truths expressed in literature have remained a constant for millennia. Fiction is realer than non-fiction

>> No.8914116

>>8914100
i donno bro that steve jobs bio by isaacson had some pretty real "truths" in it, in before capitalist dickhead muh gnu/freedoms spergfest

>> No.8914127

>>8914116
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>>8913135
>being so good at life you don't need to read fiction

>being so bad at life you refuse to read fiction

>> No.8914634

>>8913256

>reading

>> No.8914986

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