/lit/ - Literature

>>7034773
do dicks fit inside vaginas?

>>7034773
I wouldn't recommend anything to those types.

First you have the problem that by suggesting something, you're actually imposing your standards of quality on them and thus mind raping them, or something.

Secondly, even if you do get them to read it, you have a 50/50 shot that they'll even like it, and if they don't, they'll blame you.

No, don't recommend anything. Simply talk about Pynchon in some academic sense, like "oh his use of X literary device was so Y" or whatever. That way you can name-drop and pretend like you're actually intelligent, without having to risk anything.

Odd question, are you asking because you haven't read it? I mean otherwise, does it seem like she'd like a book about sex and death with scenes of pedophilia, cannibalism, and shit eating? Does it seem like she'd be offended or angry with you if she did encounter something she didn't like?

Seems more like you need to assess this woman more than the book. Unless you haven't read it and you're inquiring to the content?

>>7034790
I don't know. I'm asking if you've seen other people's reactions to this. She's a normie, so I'm wondering if normies can appreciate this level of humor

>>7034795
Well this isn't really a question to ask us. I don't know her. "Normie" is a silly way to put it. Does she have an interest in history, counterculture, surrealism, or postmodern literature? Do she enjoy perverse or goofy humor?

This is in your hands buddy. We can't hit on girls for you.

Tell it to me straight guys: why does /lit/ talk about this book so much? Is it an inside joke/meme (ie infinite jest), or is it a staple in some college/university reading curriculum?

Is it any good at all? And is the language too complex, or the themes too complicated to understand? I read an Ayn Rand book not long ago and it left me thoroughly disappointed. If I pick up another 700+ page novel, it had better not be a fucking meme or someone's homework.

>>7034907
If you want to see if you'll dig Pynchon, I recommend checking out The Crying of Lot 49. It's a good introduction to him. Short and sweet. If you like it, then you'll feel less hesitant to sink your teeth into his major works.

>>7034907
>reading ayn rand

>>7034907
Rand is garbage. Pynchon is love. Pynchon is life.

Gravity's Rainbow is almost certainly the 2nd most influential "big novel" in 20th century literature (1st is Ulysses of course). Like >>7034927 said, try Lot 49 first - if you like it you have at least 3 masterpieces and 4 really good other books to look forward to.

>>7034945
V., Gravity's Rainbow, and -- what's the third masterpiece?

>>7034989
Mason & Dixon

>>7034907
It jives with the kind of young people who want to discuss literature on an anonymous shitflinging anime website

Some mix of nerd, wannabe artist, and degenerate

>>7034907
Dude, man, this is the book.

Whatever you've heard, whatever you've read, whatever you think literature is, whatever you've read or been told to read by people who've been mistakenly put in a position to tell you what to read. It's all only been an attempt to prepare you for this book,

Gravity's Rainbow is what reading as a serious hobby in the 21st century is about. This book is why there is an active /lit/ board on 4chan. No one is here because of Hemingway or Dickens or Fitzgerald or Kerouac or any other forgettable stepping stone of an author, Anyone who is anyone is here is here because GR is their favorite book or because GR is a book that they are trying to digest and contextualize because it is not their favorite book,

>>7034773
just don't

>>7034773
If they can't handle Pynchon, who's at the low end of edginess, or even of emotional topics (though don't mistake me, his body is certainly not lacking in complexity) on the grand scale of things, then they probably aren't properly socialized adults.

I read this book for the first time 3 days ago, so its still really fresh in my mind. Those shit scenes were pretty tight

>>7035030
cool picture! i drew one too

if I'm somewhat new to literature can I read this
my mum has a copy just sitting on her shelf and I've been tempted

>>7035111
your mom's cool as fuck
go for it though. its just words after all. if you're confused with plot google a summary. if you're confused with subtext or meaning brew on it, or read some criticism on it

>brew on it,
what am I saying

>>7035116
yeah she has a lot of /lit/core
only started browsing /lit/ somewhat recently and it surprised me and also relieved me because I won't have to buy them

Please buy my GR graphic novel

I'm on page 139 of my edition, and I just finished the longest paragraph so far, clocking in at over 5 pages. Without giving any spoilers, what is the longest paragraph or sentence in the book?

>>7035132
Do you talk to your mom about the literature you read? I've always thought it would be cool to have someone in my family to talk about books with.

>>7035154
no because I'm new to literature and I'm not sure how long ago she read them, a lot are 30+ years old

for an audience of none i press on..

>>7035162
these are great. requesting marvey in pointsman's truck

>>7035160
If someone has Gravity's Rainbow on their shelf, they haven't read it unless they explicitly bring it up and say they have. There are two reasons for this:
1) Everyone who has read GR must tell everyone they meet that they have read it. The publishers give you a free shirt that says "I read GR" when you finish it.
2) Almost nobody who owns the book has read it. It is one of the most frequently "started but never finished" books in existence, right behind The Bible.

>>7035166
doesn't ring a bell,
is that when he's getting vasectomized?

>>7035169
yes, he's wearing the pig suit at this point

>>7035167
she has 4 other Pynchon novels so she must have read one of them

>>7035180
right

okay im odne

>>7035107
>>7035139
>>7035154
>>7035162
>>7035190
>>7035194
"The most important work of fiction yet produced by any living writer."

>>7035046
don't tell me "babyfucker" is on the high end of edginess...

okay now im done

>>7035046
What's the high end of edginess?

>>7035190
lovely

>>7035181
Dunno man, could be ex-boyfriend detritus.

>>7034907
its a meme. nothing more, nothing less.