/lit/ - Literature

>>5567089
>>5567095

Hello guys. It is also speculated that Platon might have visited Egypt and Palestine.

>>5484388

I found in an online bookstore. Gonna order it. Thanks.

>>5484346

Is it a meme ?

>>5484360

Which books are essential for getting into Greeks ?

>>5484388

I won't. If I can find Durant's one in Turkey, I will check it.

>>5484482

Thanks. Added to bookmarks.

>>5484337

Btw, sorry for using a trip. I forgot to remove it. /lit/ is the board I respect most and I think you guys don't like tripfagging. Sorry again.

Hello everyone.

I wanna get into philosophy so I decided to read a good Introduction to Philosophy book.

While reading it, I'll note the ones who interests me most and the ones who I find most ridicilous then I will dig them.

Is it a good way ?

Sanctuary is good, too and very easy to read except most of his works.

Thomas Bernhard's novel Correction is about him. You should read it if you are interested in Witti.

Is he edgy or very edgy ?

>>5460065

Then I won't finish it. Thanks.

bump.

I'm halfway through pic related but it is like a torture. Pretentious story with a lot of shallow satire. Also, all characters are unlikable.

Should I continue reading it ? Does it get any better ? It literally slows down my reading schedule. I can't fucking finish it and can't move on to other novels I have in my shelf.

It is like a shitty and uninteresting version of a Ballard book.

>last

Catch-22
2666
The Crying of Lot 49

>Current

Dangerous Games ( Turkish novel )
Pale Fire
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

>Next

Corrections
Invisible Cities
City And The City

>>5381844
>>5382142

I can't still understand the first part :/ Can you please share me your thoughts about it ? I'd really appreciate your help.

Bump this holy thread.

>>5379735
>It kind of fits with this, which is also a really good point.

The part four is the best example of this, imho. Murder after murder.. All written in technical details and after a while you even don't care about them. You become just like the citizens of Santa Teresa who see these murders as another one biting the dust, nothing more.

By the way, who is the most tragic character in your opinion ?

I'd go with Juan Martinez. He can't even get to know the details about the woman she loves, he can't even cry himself to death against the violence of the man-kind, his own people. He always tries to solve the murders but the system he's in can't allow him to move free. He is a lost cause.

>>5379677
>i thought the part about Liz and Morini becoming lovers was contrived and unsatisfying. i couldn't buy into it. you?

No. Out of the four characters, only Pelletier's end - reading Archimboldi books while retreating into your own thoughts - seemed satisfactory to me. I couldn't buy into the rest.

By the way Roberto Bolano was known to be disrespectful to the bourgeois literary life and he once called his wife and children " my only country ".

So may it be possible that Bolano wrote the sex triangle between them for showing a kind of degeneracy of the 20th century ?

>>5379604
>parts 1 and 5 could also be a good novel of its own.

Agree although I didn't enjoy the first part as the others.

I still can't get what it was about ?

Showing the decadence of the academic world or setting a basis for Archimboldi ?

What do you think about the end of the first part where Liz and Morini became lovers ?

Bump.

>>5377115

Part 2 is great. Could be a story of own.

Part 3 is meeh. Setting the tone for the chaos and evil in 4th part.

Part 4 is simply amazing. So cinematic and in my opinion contains the most interesting characters like Juan de Dios Martinez, Klaus Haas and Lalo Curra.

Part 5 is the life-story of Archimboldi, the shadowy author in the first part.

Post your 5 favorite characters.

No particular order:

Lalo Curra
Klaus Haas
Archimboldi
Juan de Dios Martinez ( the most tragic one I guess )
Amalfitano

>>5375980

Sus lan piç. Amına korum.

Part 4: Part 5 > Part 2 > Part 3 > Part 1

What was the purpose of the part 1 ?

Op again. Which characters do you like the most ?

Personally, I would glady read a whole novel about Lalo Cura's life.

Hello everyone.

Just finished 2666 by Roberto Bolano. It was a mind-blowing reading experience. Especially the the second, the fourth and the last parts.

One think I want to ask you is what is the purpose of the first parst, the one about translators ?

Was it written for creating a base for Archimboldi's existence in the novel or did Bolano use it purposely for showing the degeneration of 20th century literature ( corrupt love triangle, bourgeois lifestyle of the translators) ---- Also, don't forget that Bolano was a very devoted family man and he was hostile against the famous and rich authors ----

Let's talk about it.