/lit/ - Literature

>>7517426
Nice, I'm reading Mythologies right now and I just picked up Satantango in Budapest. Looking forward to reading it. Have you watched the film?

>>7506483

His novels are pretty fun and easy reads. I'd start with The Burning World or the Crystal World, and then read Crash. After that read High Rise and Hello America.

There have been several volumes of his short fiction that is worth a look too. Some of it is just by-the-numbers sci-fi, but it's still a good read. My volume is about 1300 pages I think.

Empire of the Sun is alright but nothing special imo.

>>7501008
>>7500992
Also, its recommended by old Harold Bloom. Always a plus.

>>7495300
I love Hawkes. He is one of my favorites. I like Blood Oranges more than the Lime Twig though.

>>7489654
I'm liking it. Difficult to get into the damn dialect though. I think it will pay off though.

Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
The Letters of William Gaddis
Collection of Sand by Italo Calvino

Zettel's Traum or Prae

>>7476196
Absolutely get a fountain pen. Will make writing much more pleasant. You can get a pilot metropolitan for like $15 dollars, or go for a Lamy Safari which has a better nib and flow, but you might not like the aesthetics. A cheap Parker might be good too.

As for stationary, I personally like Clairefontaine or Rhodia.

>>7473062
excellent. Anyone who needs the Recognitions should grab it here from the dalkey section.

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Walcott is pretty damn talented, and Omeros is great. I haven't read too much of his other stuff or his contemporaries from the Carribean.

>>7469171
Start with Sailor who Fell From Grace with the Sea, then Golden Pavilion. Then read the Tetrology or Confessions of a Mask.

He is really focused on aesthetic beauty and masculinity, and lots of underlying violence.

Classics:
Little Women
Jane Eyre
Madame Bovary
Scarlet Letter
Maybe Anna Karenina?

Contemporary:
Parable of the Sower
Handmaiden's Tale
Americanah
My Brilliant Friend (really great series and highly critically acclaimed)

>>7461247

Start with his plays, Waiting for Godot is good. Once you read them, move onto his trilogy. They aren't super hard to read if you have read postmodern stuff or Thomas Bernhard before.

>>7460812
That's a great one.

For the Presidents Eyes only is good if you are looking for more of the history of the development of these agencies.

I also enjoyed Operation Mincemeat and Agent Zigzag, but they are definitely written more for entertainment, despite being well researched. And they are both focused on British WWII stuff, not CIA

I like scrivener, somebody pointed me to it on here. Great for nonfiction work and PDF organization.

On pen and paper, I like my Schaeffer Targaris fountain pen on a Clairefontaine notebook. Right now I'm travelling so I'm just using a Parker, but still great for writing. Pic related

Buy a decent pen, buy some Spencerian Theory handbooks for like five dollars off amazon, and practice for a couple hours a week while you listen to music.

>>7453765
Nice selections, I never see the Transylvanian Trilogy on here.

You probably enjoy foggy, dimly lit streets and drinking bitter coffee, and have difficult being sincere in your relationships.

>>7452647
Nice Gaddis and NYRB.

Butchers Crossing is a great suggestion.

If he likes more experimental stuff, The Beetle Leg by John Hawkes or Ghost Town by Robert Coover are great postmodern westerns.

I would also suggest Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon.

Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
The Cannibal by John Hawkes
The Dying Grass by William T. Vollmann

>>7441658
The Trilogy Trilogy

>>7442299
I'd pick something besides Tristam Shandy desu. Maybe The Recognitions or The Cannibal, or a nice leatherbound of one of the classics.

As for nice pens and notebooks, definitely look into a nice fountain pen like Lamy Safari and a Rhodia Notebook. They are great, and very affordable.

My Christmas list:
The Seven Madmen by Robert Arlt
The Complete Stories of Clarice Lispector
The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig
And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov
Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms