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In pic related (spoilers) Goldmund spends most of the the book roaming around Germany, sleeping in peoples houses, eating their food and fucking just about anyone he wants, and it is mentioned quite often this is because of his youthful charm and good looks. However, at the end, after a few years break from that, when I think he’s in his thirties, with some grey hairs and wrinkles, he keeps getting rejected, and basically gives up on life and dies.

I’m 21, and look quite young, so I imagine people treat me better because of it (not as mistrustfully etc.), so the idea I won’t be treated as favourably hit home a bit. I’m looking for another book which explores this more explicitly/deeply to help me make the most of the next few years (ideally not on a taiwanese basket weaving forum).

>> No.20090576

I don't give a shit zoomer faggot

>> No.20090587

>>20090576
ok

>> No.20090645

bump from a 20yo

>> No.20090818

i should've asked reddit, or made the thread about jews/trannies/blacks

>> No.20090827

>>20090818
You’re a literal retard. You didn’t get replies because 4chan is full of ugly, autistic shut ins. Of course nobody here has any recommendations about enjoying being young and attractive. That’s why you didn’t get a response, not because it’s not a bait post.

>> No.20090947

>>20090827
you're right - i have sex regularly. i don't belong here. i am leaving this website and never coming back

>> No.20090966

>>20090827
Fine, I'll humor you. 'First Kyu' has a Korean hustler fuck a milf.
That's all I remember from it.

>> No.20090986

>>20090947
See you tomorrow, faggot

>> No.20091048

>>20090947
Christ what an unpleasant faggot you are

>> No.20091089

>>20090572
Honestly, OP, youthful lifestyles have been extended so far you probably have about a decade to fuck around in. Just do what you like. Everyone's desultory years last until they're like 29 now.

>> No.20091276

>>20091089
I hope you're right my friend

>> No.20091307

>>20090572
N&G by Hesse was one of the most impactful/enjoyable novels of my teenage youth...i even adapted it to a screenplay hoping one day to direct it

>> No.20091317

>>20090572
I hated the last 25% of the book. Wasn’t a fan of the whole artist theme

>> No.20091445

>>20091307
I found Goldmund's cheerful, optimistic and enduring extroversion to be quite inspiring
Did that screenplay ever go anywhere?

>> No.20091752

>>20090572
This lifestyle is achievable through helpx and workaways website actually I never fucked anyone because there wasn't anyone hot but you can do this in the modern day

However I'd rather not roam forever and have my own place and be employed but I did enjoy a little bit of travelling

>> No.20092335

>>20090572
You need to read between the lines of Goldmunds life and what it implies. Yes, his hedonism drove him away from a life in the cloister but not because he was good looking, it was because he knew that he would never posses the intellect and discipline of Narcissus, whom he looked up to. This realization prompted him to pursue a life of expression through his physical body and aesthetic as opposed to intense study and sedentary activities. In the ending when Narcissus witnesses the brilliance and beauty of Goldmunds culminated aesthetic gifts you get the true understanding that, though his life was more difficult and filled with strife, it also produced much beauty which would touch the lives of people in the cloister long after he died. This is the irony of Goldy wanting to emulate Narcissus when each man possessed their own gifts and Narcissus had the same feeling of envy because he knew he could never achieve what Goldmund did. This was my youthful interpretation from about 10 years ago when I was 18. I tried to say as much as I could without spoiling too much.

>> No.20092344

>>20090572
Savage detectives maybe
But really just get hot and fuck bitches, no books needed

>> No.20093125

bump. i desperately want more books of this theme

>> No.20093136

>>20090572
On the Road.
You'll hate it, find it tiresome, then look back on it fondly some ways down the road.

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20093182

>>20090572
It is about the loss of youth and everything that goes with it. If only he had bought a hamburger.

>> No.20093304

>>20093182
Thanks, looks good

>> No.20094083

>>20093182
This is nice.

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20094719

>>20090572
>I’m 21, and look quite young, so I imagine people treat me better because of it
Nope, you will actually be trusted more when you're older. You will be un-bonkable though unless you have loads of money, in which case you can enjoy a gold-digging roastie, which you probably don't want.

>> No.20095328

>>20093182
He’ll just have an entirely shallow pea-brained read of it anyways. Enjoy OP!

>> No.20095343

>>20090572
How the fuck are you supposed to appreciate living on the internet for ten years whilst all your peers got drunk, did drugs, went to parties, fucked underage pussy and had friends?

>> No.20095381

>>20091445
There's a movie. n&g (2020).

>> No.20095496

>>20094719
>You will be un-bonkable though
that's whats really important