/lit/ - Literature

>>22609214
the Bible
Moby Dick
Old Man and the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

>>22609254
I read Sombrero Fallout and liked it so I'll give this one a chance.

>>22609232
I'll take the Old Man and the Sea off my backlog tomorrow, thanks for the reminder. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea should be fun too. Moby D I'll tackle once the others are done.

>>22609232
>Moby Dick
Reading it now and am kicking myself for having put it off so long. The atmosphere, the slice of life sections, Ishmael being a huge dork, and Melville knowing exactly when to go full Old Testament with the prose.
HEARTS ALIVE LADS, STARBOARD SHE BLOWS

>>22609567
Trout Fishing in America is essentially what you would get if you reduced Sombrero Fallout to one page long and did that 100 times each time doing it in a different way and then tying them all together in a cohesive book, it is Brautigan at his most experimental. Picrel would be where to go with Brautigan and fish if you want something more traditional and shows Brautigan at his most refined and nuanced. In Watermelon Sugar also has trout in it and would not be a bad place to go if the surrealist elements of Sombrero Fallout really did it for you but fish only play a small role.

The man liked trout.

>>22609232
>Moby Dick
Whales aren't fish.

>>22609712
according to Melville, a whale is a fish. who am i to disagree?

>>22609708
Actually I don't think there are any fish in So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away but there is fishing.

this but only the uncensored racist version

>>22609790
Fish. I'm in.

>>22609708
>>22609722
Good to know, thanks. I read Sombrero Fallout a while back but I look forward to reading Brautigan again.

>>22609214
Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

Came across this book and it looks good.

Kingyo: The Artistry of Japanese Goldfish

>>22609850
Weird little tale; surprised anyone else here has read it. Rec: John McPhee, The Founding Fish

A short story by Henry Williamson simply called "Trout"

>>22611439
>John McPhee, The Founding Fish
That sounds interesting to me, thanks.

>>22611505
Added to the list

trout fishing in america - brautigan

>>22609232
>Moby Dick
American education

Gould's Book of Fish is a really solid book Im surprised to see doesnt get any love on /lit/. Its about a convict in Tasmania who paints fish to get out of manual labor. Very funny throughout.

>>22612086
post2015/lit/ doesn't read much literature and doesn't read much literature written after the 60's in particular

>>22612103
I can't really blame them for eschewing modern literature. Still unfortunate. I dont use lit much nowadays I thought Gaddis, Nabokov, Gass, Pynchon and Bolaño were all pretty well liked here is that not the case anymore?

Lovecraft wrote a lot of nautical nonsense about fishy goings on.
Can be a little spooky though

>>22611933
a whale is a fish
captcha: YD00D

>>22609214
Jung's Aion

>>22612086
>>22612789
Adding these to list.

>>22612473
Any specific stories?

>>22612750
Will check out the sections on fish symbolism

>>22609214
Rime of the Ancient Mariner