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Shelf thread :^)

>> No.22917808

>>22917705
so based, keep posting, I'm almost finished

>> No.22917821
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>> No.22917827

>>22917705
Nice unread books, /pol/tard.

>> No.22917844

Do you guys not realize amazon is one of the ways they track and trace people like you?

>> No.22917885
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>> No.22917894

>>22917844
Ha “track and trace” is about all they can do… and make sure my far right book orders get delivered in a satisfactory condition and timeframe

>> No.22917895

>>22917705
>Johnson's History of the American People
Based
>Zinn's People's History
Yeah you can just chuck that one into the fireplace m8

>> No.22918333

>>22917895
yikes

>> No.22918344

>>22917844
>In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf Hitler is on it's way
I will continue buying naughty books suggested by Amazon based on my history.

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Hello
I have a few more shelves around the house but this is the majority

>> No.22918428

>>22917894
No, they do a lot more than that

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>>22918420
a few more

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Why don't you actually go and read instead of posting inane bullshit

>> No.22918644

>>22918534
What is the point of yours? Do you not understand the importance of book collecting, and the resulting beauty? The indication of the mind's framework, the impression they make on the man, reflecting himself? Mind and body breath together as the page turns. Tactile expression is lost in digital space, a liminal infinite of possession without weight. Revel in the void you cannot touch.

>> No.22919610

>>22918644
My man.

>> No.22919673

>>22917705
All those books and nothing worth reading. What a shame.

>> No.22919700

>>22918428
Go Ride with Biden if you’re scared

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>>22918534

>> No.22919838

>>22919673
Libtard detected

>> No.22919849

>>22919673
Sorry, is there not enough queer, black, intersectional, feminist, marxist class analysis there for you?

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>>22917705
1/2

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>>22919955
2/2

>> No.22920133

>>22919838
>>22919849
No one cares about your non-fiction books you nigger. I bet you haven't even read any of them, you just bought them so you could display them as one would funco pops. Now go clean your neo-vagina, buckaroo.

>> No.22920186

>>22920133
Libturd is furious by a stranger's book case!

>> No.22920575

>>22919849
Might is right, Nazis lost

>> No.22920680

>>22917705
This is what unread chartmaxxing looks like.

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>>22920680
>unread chartmaxxing
Oh shit they found me

>> No.22920758

>>22918428
Fuck your fear, the devil with it

>> No.22920766

>>22917705
1 nick land is too many, not enough Russians, too much edge

>> No.22920866

>>22917844
Who fucking cares if you buy rayciss no-no books on Amazon? A bigger concern should be limited hangouts like 4chan. I'm fully aware of the irony.

>> No.22920875

>>22917705
>>22917808
Also Goddammit Justin I know it's you

>> No.22920895

>>22918644
I disagree because in most people's homes their books are really just for decoration.
If your library is on your e-reader it's more likely you actually read them otherwise it would just be data taking up space.
Collecting books like trophies is weird and makes me assume you're actually a dumbass that didn't read them.
6/10 times when I open the books in someones house I'm visiting they've never been read.

>> No.22920932

>>22920186
You will be replaced

>> No.22920961

>>22920932
And you will be [REDACTED]

>> No.22921206

>>22920575
Yep. The national socialists weren't brutal enough. Don't worry, there's a pretty big shift to something much less kind. You noticed it, too, otherwise you'd have ignored it because everyone knows not to bring attention to dangerous fringe ideas, since that's how they tend to grow the best.

>> No.22921218

>>22921206
> there's a pretty big shift to something much less kind
Two more weeks

>> No.22921286

>>22917705
What a waste of money

>> No.22921295

>>22921218
The entire government collectively shat themselves because geriatric orange retard supporting idiots walked into a capital building and still continues to not shut up about it. During this, the people who aren't crying about it in some way wee actually pissed off that the "Jan 6 protesters didn't do enough / anything violent"
Meanwhile several pro-White groups have been just growing and growing, and not just in the US.
>WhiteLivesMatter brags about 3-4 figure percentage increases pretty much every year
>AfD (Germany) is leading the pack of popularity and has been growing almost 1:1 with NSDAP's growth in popularity
>Ireland's anti-immigration sentiment has skyrocked and their leadership is backpeddling almost constant
>Sweden has actual right wing death squads waiting to jump in everytime they government doesn't go "far enough"
>etc.
Yeah but two more weeks funni hahaha

>> No.22921302

>>22921295
>whitelivesmatter
Hahahahahaha

>> No.22921397
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>>22917705
Where are my fellow bag-cels at?

>> No.22922497

>>22918428
lmao are you afraid they will throw you in jail for reading le spooky forbidden books? Grow up.

>> No.22922764

>>22918444
Checked plus I have that Republic edition

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>>22917705

>> No.22924536

>>22921302
Fuck off racist troglodyte

>> No.22924547

>>22917705
Good except for
>bap next to Evola
This is...unacceptable.

>>22917821
Weird obsession with Crowley. U practice?

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>>22917705

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>> No.22924584

>>22917844
Just because you order a book doesn't mean support the ideas. You have to know your enemy when it comes to fighting nazis.

Don't support fascism, racism, transphobia or any other form of discrimination. And the fact that people still haven't gotten the life-saving vaccine is just proof that trumpkins and rightards are stupid babies that woke people are educated and know the Facts. Donald drumpf aka cheeto hitler tried to insurect the capital building, and is basically an open white supremist. Fuck you for supporting systems of opression. Vote for Biden or you support fascism.

>> No.22924623

>>22917705
>ayn rand books read 1000 times over
>Being and Time never been touched once
Just donate the good books to someone who will appreaciate them, and keep reading the shitty ones

>> No.22924667

>>22924623
Refuted outright by the possibility of purchasing them used. Try again, pea-brain.

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>>22917844

>> No.22924687
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I've started drawing a fictional spine of each book I read and putting it on a virtual shelf. This is what I've read so far

>> No.22924742

>>22924667
>ayn rand's turds are $5 new each...buy them used
>Heidegger's Being & Time is $40 new...buy it new and never open it
You just made OP look even more retarded.
In any case, Rand and Heidegger do not belong together.
It's like the Iliad vs the Quran.
You don't mix truffle with shit.

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>>22924584
Since you said any form of discrimination, doesn't that mean that one shouldn't support your own beliefs, since you discriminate against those you deem to be "fascist", "racist", "transphobic", etc etc? Also nice black and white thinking at the end, really adds too your tolerant thinking.

>> No.22924789

>>22924775
is your pic you by any chance?

>> No.22924796

>>22918420
>>22918444
the impression I get from your domicile is very comfy, anon
nice books
good

>> No.22924802

>>22921397
This is just a you thing. Nice jazzmaster though.

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>>22921206
Sure bud, just one other march on Charlottesville and the great nazi Reich will spawn in existance

>> No.22924964

>>22924956
Honestly, very little violence appears to be required. I mentioned the shift that is naturally happening. As people learn about usury, certain people cry "antisemite!", and how some cultures aren't compatible, while others cry "racist", they're becoming more open to other perspectives and positions that would have otherwise been avoided due to oversaturated usage of buzzwords that people used to be very scared of being acused of.
Keep up the mocking though. You're totally demoralizing me, my wife, my kids, and my friends. Oh no. Two more weeks haha

>> No.22925029

>>22924964
Assuming you are an American, how does this fascist government come about? What does it look like and how does it function in a realistic way?

>> No.22925083

>>22924687
>The only shelf ITT that isn't just a bunch of unread books

>> No.22925086

>>22917844
*clicks on a cloudflare captcha to post this*

>> No.22925087 [DELETED] 

>>22918444
how do they not fall out...

>> No.22925093

>>22924566
I can't see shit

>> No.22925095 [DELETED] 

>>22918444
how do they not fall out...

>> No.22925097

>>22918444
how do they not fall off...

>> No.22925186

>>22925029
If you knew what fascism was, you'd not be asking that question. I suppose you areasking about how the caricature of fascism happens? Probably cartoon violence, I suppose.
But I'm not talking about fascism, nor am I talking about national socialism. I'm talking about third position in general, which can be shifted towards pretty easily because that's how Italian fascism, Germany national socialism, and Spanish Falangism came into power. Popular support. That is also how the British Union of Fascists attempted to take control of the British government.

>> No.22925190

>>22925186
But what about a country founded upon democracy and one that is a melting pot?

>> No.22925236

>>22924802
>This is just a you thing.
We'll all own shelves one day!
>Nice jazzmaster though.
Thanks mate!

>> No.22925334

>>22925093
you can clearly see my shelf.

>> No.22925515

>>22917705

This is the only place that you feel free to come to to proudly display your shelf. Everybody who counts would be instantly revolted upon understanding what you have on your shelf, and would immediately distance themselves from you. You are alone. You will never have a wife, or any meaningful community with others.

>> No.22925550

>>22924584
Thats a nice bait, Indeed.

>> No.22925675

>>22924956
>charllottesville
Incredible how you "people" are still crying about that. It was 7 years ago. Shows how desperate you are

>> No.22925681

>>22925190
The US amd the West are quickly turning into 3rd world toilets, how fucking stupid are you to not notice this or think others don't notice? Lol

>> No.22925698

>>22925515
Does babby letfurd need xer safespace?

>> No.22925706

>>22925681
So what are you going to round people up and deport them? Think people will stand for that? Think businesses will be happy losing labor?

>> No.22925716

>>22917895
Howard Zinn is first rate reading for the 15 year old American. It is second rate for 18 and tenth rate for 30.

The man was incredibly good, kind, gentle and warm. I counted three major mistakes in People's History, about the Rosenbergs, Gaddafi and I forget what else.

It is a very bad, very ideological text to read for a grown man. For a teen it is a majestic altnative to a deadened world.

>> No.22925729

>>22924687
>least depressing shelf

>> No.22925774

>>22925190
>melting pot
You're referencing a myth created by a poet at the start of the 20th century, in which immigrants were supposed to completely shed their previous culture and assimilate into american culture. It had nothing to do with race until that was refactored in the 1960's, along with all the other weird refactoring, such as the Catholic church's "Vatican 2", forced desegregation by a government in an occupied country (Or what else would you call soldiers pointing their bayonetted guns at civilians, specifically women and children, in order to force them to accept the new morality that no one, not even the average negro wanted and even the most liberal place rebelled against?),
>a country founded upon democracy
The country filled with apathy and where more than 70% of their popution don't vote? Tthe one that claimed to be a liberal democracy while taking over France's colonialist recapture of vietnam because France couldn't continue to fight against the Kong. You mean that country, right?
I don't think America is the hardest battle for the third positionists, considering the messaging being almost exactly what people are asking for.

>> No.22925796

>>22925706
We need flags on this board so you know that this is me >>22925774 but your questions aren't hard to solve.
>So what are you going to round people up and deport them?
Deport people who are not citizens? Yep, it's legal, too.
Then we can look at citizens who are not fulfilling their oaths made that made them legal citizens. Considering that the mass majority have broken their oaths, yes, I could revoke their citizenship and deport them. That pesky 14th amendment wouldn't be difficult to get rid of, either.
Oh, but what about people who were born into the US and are actual citizens? Guess who just got accused of treason, because let's be honest, most of the americans who I'd like to remove have said things that could easily be taken as seditious, thus allowing me to convict them of treason, and I can either execute them or kick them out. At this moment, I'd probably just kick them out.
>Think people will stand for that?
Everyone left would probably like it.
>Think businesses will be happy losing labor?
They're already losing labor themselves by throwing people to the curb the week before Christmas, and having constant layoffs while running skeleton crews nearly everywhere. Most businesses wouldn't even notice. But what about the ones that do throw a fit? What are they going to do? Oh, they're organizing something? Sounds like a RICO Act violation to me. Oh, we can't prove its mob related? Well, they're trying to undermine the US government, which is consider treason, so.. We're executing them.
The laws in the US are sincerely easy to exploit, especially if we have mass control over the three branches, democratically elected. Oh, is SCOTUS acting up? I'll merely make the population of the Supreme Court larger and pad it with my staff. Now there's no problem.

>> No.22925801

>>22925796
And I haven't even given this thought. Don't bother responding about it, I'm not even trying to have this type of discussion, it is retard because there is nothing stopping a party from taking over and just stating "yep, thats a legal interpretation of the law."

>> No.22925871

>>22925774
>>22925796
Holy based...

>> No.22926694

>>22925086
How could you misinterpret a single line text?

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>> No.22927138

Why did you guys stop posting the funko pop guy?

>> No.22927962

>>22924687
oh the autism

>> No.22928051

>>22917844
amazon banned most of these books by now big guy try keep up

>> No.22928064
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>> No.22928163

>>22925675
Crying about? I was mocking it. Few hundreds losers who got humiliated by a country, also after the rally far right organisations' membership declined JFL
Charlottesville hath fallen, cope

>> No.22928192

>>22919704
imagine paying for books lmao

>> No.22928219

>>22924575
i love that bible with the gustave dore illustrations. nice shelf anon

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>anons post pics of shelves filled with unread books who's spines have never been cracked.

this is some serious instagram-tier shit

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>>22928163
>humiliated

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I just reorganized my shelf. These are all some of my favorite books that I've read before, but I think are worth holding onto for one reason or another

>> No.22928354

all the books i havent read are on my shelf and all the books i have read are in boxes

>> No.22928516

>>22919955
>>22919960
I like you

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>>22917705
Here’s a stack

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>> No.22928748

>>22928163
>humiliated
I don't know if anyone was embarassed by it, to be honest with you.
>after the rally far right organisations' membership declined
That's a little dishonest. Decentralization happened because the so called "far-right" came to realize the old groups were pointless and had retarded foundation. So, people created cell groups and exchanged keys. Then people started focusing on more local problems, testing different types of activism, sharing ideas, and had several places to discuss what they've done. >>22928227
A lot of fascists worked out today, brother. I hope one was you.

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>>22928831
Damn anon, we have a lot of the same books.

>> No.22928851

>>22928577
Kill yourself

>> No.22928874

>>22928577
Where do you recommend starting with Miller? Nice collection, by the way. Very well curated for mid-century English language lit. I've always been fascinated by the move in poetry from Imagist and Modernist to the decadence of sprawling disciplines across the Atlantic into the later century.

>> No.22928888

>>22928874
Probably Tropic of Cancer. Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, and The Colossus of Maroussi are probably my favorite though. Cancer is more explosive and entertaining. The latter 2 are more subdued and Miller contemplating on getting out of soul crushing society

>> No.22928908

>>22928874
Why do you always respond to yourself every time you post your lame fucking shelf. It’s always the same fucking question too, retard.

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>>22928908
I wouldn't indulge you for my sake, but I don't want you to show any undue aggression towards >>22928577.
And some of us don't spend every waking moment of our lives on this site, so you'll excuse my ignorance if I've ever missed this exact question before.

>> No.22928926

>>22928920
Nice shoop, newfag. You also write like a faggot so it’s obvious when you post

>> No.22930051

>>22928577
Miller anon, happy new year, hope you've been well.


What is that Ford Maddox Ford book, I've seen it once or twice on the interwebs?

I've been reading Warlock again, did not finish it through last time, but surprisingly I don't don't bored from rereading the first few chapters again, love Hall's prose, very eloquent.

I have been getting into meditation more and more over the past 2 years, and well after maintaining a practice for so long I thought I should get, Tao te Ching and the Dhammapada, so I did, should be arriving in a week or two.

>> No.22930117

>>22917885
"Oh wow anon, I didnt know you were such a reader."

>> No.22931678

>>22928836
Cool books

>> No.22931804

>>22930051
Hope all is well with you as well.

The Ford book is a history of literature. I liked it but some parts inevitably dragged depending on the time period and writers but it’s usually a few pages tops per writer since it’s an overview. It’s interesting to see the influences and mingling of different cultures, politics, and styles and seeing how they led to the development of literature. I don’t necessarily agree with Ford all the time, but few were ingrained in the literary world more than him. Sometimes he let his moral convictions judge writers- he didn’t like Boccaccio, Cervantes, and Byron, and even said he almost got punched two times for insulting the latter 2 lol. Nevertheless I think it’s a worthwhile book if you want a general overview of the evolution of literature. I plan to read a novel of his sometime this year, probably Parades End

Warlock is great. Right there with Lonesome Dove as my favorite in the genre. The western is always better when it’s deconstructed IMO, to the point where the deconstructed western is the western. Lots of great characters in Warlock, my favorites probably being Morgan and Curley. It’s one of those books that feels alive and you’re right there with the characters in the town

The Dhammapada and Tao Te Ching are favorites. I’ve read them many times and they are short enough that I’ll pull them out going through a rough patch. It’s hard to even comment on such books, especially Tao Te Ching. They speak for themselves

I’m gearing up for another Ulysses read, I think. Just got a new version today. Also planning on rereading a lot of Lawrence and dusting off Dante this year. Also want to check out some of Conrad’s lesser known books like Victory, and Under Western Eyes, probably some short stories as well

Any other reading plans for the year? Hope all is well and good to keep seeing you around

>> No.22931929

>>22928836
>>22928831
>>22928722

Great collections, gentlemen.

>> No.22932863

>>22931804
>>22931804
Very nice, thank you.

I've not real enough literature to even fully appreciate literature criticism, but Maddox Ford and Walter Benjamin are two names that I always see around. Would read them someday.

Re: Warlock; yeah I also feel the same. Very live book. I'm convinced enough to get his other famous book, after this, called Badlands. McMurtry wrote the blurb for Badlands, so all the better I believe.

Re: Ulysses; I tried reading the book when I just started reading literature at the age of 13, with 3 of my friends because it was always on the list of the best books of all time. Never tried again after that haha

Re: Dante; I got a very nice book with Gustave Dore's illustrations. It's called the Fantastic Art of Gustave Dore. It has a lot of his illustrations, from every work of literature that he illustrated- Dante, Don Quixote, Idylls Of The King, Rabelais, etc.
You might find it a good tangential literary book to get.

Re: Reading Plans;
I think I've stated earlier, but I can read Hindi. Yet I never read any Hindi literature seriously. There's a lot of good poetry especially, which I will be getting around to this year, - Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Goapl Singh Nepali, Nagarjuna, Muktibodh, Maithilisharan Gupt etc.

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>> No.22933574

>>22933543
What the fuck is
>new king james version
It's either the king james version of it's not, there is no NEW king james version, garbage

>> No.22933605

>>22917885
lmao

>> No.22933852

>>22933574
tard

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Potato quality photo but you get the point.

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>> No.22934378

>>22917705
6/10
>>22917821
4/10
>>22917885
2/10
>>22918420
3/10
>>22918444
6/10
>>22919955
>>22919960
6.5/10
>>22922982
2.5/10
>>22924562
1.5/10
>>22924566
can't see/10
>>22924575
folios are gay/10
>>22926932
pointless/10
>>22928064
shitlib/10
>>22928268
2/10
>>22928577
7/10
>>22928722
wow edgelord/10
>>22928723
2.5/10
>>22928831
4/10
>>22928836
shart/10
>>22933543
5/10
>>22933921
wow if i were you i'd kms 2bh
>>22934105
show nose /10

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here's mine happy to show individual shelves if requested

>> No.22934449

>>22917705
test

>> No.22936448

Bump

>> No.22936468

>>22934386
Based collection. Would crack open a cider and chat with.

>> No.22936481

>>22932863
I wouldn’t say the Ford book is exactly criticism. It does have some, and it is a skimmable book in parts but it’s more of a history type book. It’s interesting to see the landscape has changed over time, even from when the book was written. Some writers he considered influential are nobodies today. It’s definitely not a book for everyone but i think it does a good job at providing context and perspective for the evolution of literature

If you haven’t read Lonesome Dove yet, I highly recommend. I forget if you have? Somehow it feels even more human and realistic than Warlock, and I think Warlock is a great nuanced book de-mythologizing the Wild West. LD is a long book but it’s an easy read. It starts off pretty slow but that kinda adds a positive aspect to the book. The reader feels like he could be there and know these characters. I tried reading a couple other McMurtry books but they were pretty bland. The stars must have aligned when he wrote LD. If you read the other Hall book, post about it. I’d be curious to see how it measures up to Warlock which has almost become a mainstream cult favorite for a good reason

Honestly, anyone who reads Ulysses has a bit of a masochistic streak. A 13 year old would be swamped lol. I bought it when I was like 18 and just starting to read on my own. Big mistake. It’s so experimental and every chapter different that each reader will struggle and hate at least one of them. It almost feels like a right of passage for readers firmly into what is called literature. It took me a long time to finally succeed reading it. So many false starts. It’s another book that isn’t for everyone. What helped me was reading background material on Joyce and Ulysses and seeing what he was going for and how he did it. That made me see why it’s known as a great novel and fawned over. Finnegans Wake sounds even more technical from what I’ve read and even more experimental and I’ve been kicking around the idea of trying it but from what I sampled it’s a book one must take super slowly and put a lot of thought into it. Perhaps I’m wrong though. I’m sure some love it for the pure language alone

What’s some good literature from your region? A lot of those Hindi and Buddhist books that are minor offshoots of the main branch intrigue me but I never know where to go.

And lastly, Gustave adore had great taste. I’ve never checked out a collection of his illustrations but I should

>> No.22936489

>>22917705
extremely cring bookshelf

>> No.22936868

>>22936468
nice one
i'm off the booze so could brew a pot of jasmine tea instead and chew the fat with you
thanks for the compliment

>> No.22936941

>>22936868
Have you read The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq? How is it? I picked it up recently in a second hand sale but have a decently long list of books to read already.

>> No.22936944

>>22936941
it's the best book he's written
i thought it was really gripping and had some interesting philosophical musings on the world of art 9/10 would recommend

>> No.22936961

>>22936944
Nice, thanks anon, I noticed you had a few of his works so it's good to hear I've got his best one, look forward to reading it soon. I noticed you have Beckett there too, what do you think of him? Also, bold to have Artemis Fowl front and center there, I enjoyed those books when I was younger but fear they might be cringe if I were to visit them again.

>> No.22936963

>>22936944
>>22936961
Oops, I said anon when clearly I meant Mr. Infinity.

>> No.22937008

>>22936961
i have three sets of children's books on my bookcase that i keep for nostalgia

not worried about it being cringe but see how it could be judged as such aha

keeping them for my son (when i have one)

>> No.22937014

>>22936961
yeah you got the best one
although all of his books are brilliant so you can't go wrong whichever you read after

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Bump

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>> No.22939127

>>22938147
Based collection, my Latvian brother. First time I ever see the Srimad Bhagavatam translated in Latvian (I have the 30 volumes in English by Prabhupada).

>> No.22939533

>>22936481
>>22936481
Thanks for the information about Ford.

Yeah, in terms of Joyce I will t to read A Portrait Of an artist first. And to be honest the multiple reading styles was the reason and main impetus for reading Ulysses, but lmao that sure got me down fast and hard.

And I will surely post about Hall, when I get to his other novel, maybe in a couple months. I have had 4 westerns on my to read list for a while now, will get to all of them - Lonesome Dove, Warlock, Butcher’s Crossing and Blood Meridian of course.

I have no clue about Buddhist literature really, in terms of religion texts i have only ever read The Principal Upanishads from start to finish. And a few of the Puranas, Puranas are just mythological stories really, so they are fun to read.
I did read one long poem about buddha; Yashodhara by Maithilisharan Gupt, which is from the perspective of the Buddha's wife and how he callously left her alone in order to attain his own spiritual enlightenment.
In terms of hindi literature, you should check out Penguin Modern Classics line up of hindi books. One the first hindi books I did read and like is there, Shekhar A Life by Agyeya, Dostoevskian is the only way to describe it.


Also do you use discord anon?
This guy has a very nice and civil literature server. Most of the people's taste is adroit enough to generate good discussion from time to time.
I don't use social media, but do hop on here and on /lit/ time to time.

You will have to go to the about/description page of the channel for the link to the server though.

https://youtube.com/@Orpheuslament?si=k5XcOgxtefTb0fV-

>> No.22939544

>>22937154
How is Petersburg by Bely? Wanted to read that.
And nice shelf.

>> No.22939693

>>22918420
not sure if you noticed but you have 3 copies of "Picture of Dorian Gray" lol

>> No.22939997

>>22939533
I’ve heard good things about The Ox-Bridge Incident too as far as westerns go. Of course there is McCarthy’s Border Trilogy but it’s some really bleak shit, not that other famous western books are uppers but it’s a whole other level. The ending to The Crossing was an immediately shut the book type of situation but I still thought it was good. Lonesome Dove I can’t recommend enough if you like Warlock, just have patience if you do read it

You ever read Tagore or Naipaul?

>discord
I don’t, not that I have anything against it. I’m just older and I don’t understand it. I would be confused and scared like an old person being handed an iPhone lol. I’ll keep it mind though I’m a little set in my ways

>> No.22940102

>>22939544
I read the Indiana University Press edition for a history class and it was incomprehensible. Symbolism in Russian doesn't translate well. Words that should be rhyming aren't there. The whole class couldn't understand it so the professor removed it from the curriculum. We maybe got through 2 chapters.

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>>22939693
Thank you, I will dispose of the extras posthaste

>> No.22940168

>>22939533
not that anon but thanks for the youtube link, just watched about 15mins of his stuff. seems like a cool guy.

>> No.22940234

>>22939997
>>22939997
haha understandable about discord

I tried Blood Meridian two years back, and after 2 chapters, i closed the book. His writing was too baroque for me at that time. Now i do consider myself a bit more well read to give it a proper read.

>Naipaul

My father's copy of 'An Area of Darkness' was always lying around the house, so many years ago (5? 6?) I read it, and I really was a kid back then. So all i remember was that, he was quite bleak about India, focusing on the foul aspects and poverty and stuff, but was still earnest enough in his depiction.

>Tagore

India obviously is extremely varied, and I'm from the Northern states. So most of Bengal is like another country to me. Their culture is so steeped in their language, that it is kind of impenetrable to fully grasp as someone who doesn't speak Bengali.

Yet Tagore is popular enough, that many of his poems were included in our curriculum throughout school (english translations of his poems that is), so my reading of Tagore is limited to the famous stuff, like 'where the mind is without fear'.

I am trying to get into bengali literature, NYRB is reissuing a guy called Amit Choudhari, soon, who is a respected modern Indian writer, I will probably get it when it comes out.


>>22940102
Thank you, that sounds horrible lol. I'll keep it for later.

>>22940168
And yes, his videos are very nice. Always get a few good recommendations to check out from him.

>> No.22941046

>>22939127
Ay, thanks man. I believe you can get them at the Krishna Association, but the ones I got were from the homeless people that sell them by Origo and on Merķeļa iela

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>> No.22942410

>>22939533
>taste is adroit enough
You truly have down syndrome.

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>>22917705
>Still no Eros and the Mysteries of love.

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My Luther Bible has no spot. It's too large.

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Books

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Classics

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A few more

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>>22917705
Not my shelf but reposting an absolutely schizophrenic collection that I saw on here about a year ago. Anyone else remember this?

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>> No.22944607

>>22944582
>/lit/ faggots: learn Italian and French to read Dante and Proust
>/x/ chads: learn Italian and French to read untranslated UFO tracts

>> No.22944614

>>22944607
there's also at least one Dutch title there, so yeah this is intense autism.

>> No.22944720

>>22944607
>>22944614
Could just be a guy simply collecting UFO books, not learning languages just to read some random garbage.
There is a collector out there for everything imaginable.

>> No.22944722

>>22944720
This. I bet some of these books are worth money too. Niche market and all

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R8

>> No.22944756

>>22944750
2/10

>> No.22944832

>>22944756
why?

>> No.22944912

>>22944750
>skin lotion on bookshelf
1/10

>> No.22944913

>>22917844
I have a prepaid card and Po box for this kind of purchase

>> No.22944935

>>22944912
Ohthe "Skin So Soft"? I don't use that on my hands, that's for mosquitoes!

>> No.22944940

>>22917705
What is Libido Dominandi about?

>> No.22944971

>>22944935
i'm just kidding with you lad
your bookshelf would be nicer without all the clutter though