/lit/ - Literature

>>6371491
I'm not him. But I know him. He let me in on his tripcode years ago. ;) Hoping he sees this though, and says hello! Haven't heard from him in ages, and would like to see how he's doing.

I'm well, though, how are you?
>>6371480
I'm not trying to do that. I'm just trying to tackle this behemoth. I'm really enjoying it, and actually found myself taking my time examining the Benjy narrative.

I've read enough books this year to be able to say I've satisfied my "quota."

I actually stopped reading almost altogether for a few years. Got addicted to booze, couldn't concentrate for a long time. Went to rehab, dried up, figured my shit out, blah blah blah, and got my enjoyment of reading back with a clear head. So I'm rather proud of myself that I can read this for what it is, whereas I could have never done that before.

Just wondering if I should try to get through this one on the first read with an audiobook, then reexamine it more in-depth a second time with a physical read. Because I feel no shame in saying that I feel this a book that is complex, and I might have to read it several times before understanding it.

Sup /lit/. Haven't been here for a while. Like three years.

I'm just getting into Faulkner. I'm about One third through The Sound and the Fury, and I'm just starting on Quentin's narrative. I'm really enjoying it so far, but am feeling a little bogged down. I'm told this is normal, but I want to kind of speedread through some of it.

Should I bother get an audiobook, or would the whole book just go over my head if I did that?

I'm feeling like it would. Anybody have any experience with Faulkner audiobooks? Worth it? Or no? Let me know.

>be me
>come to /lit/
>first time posting in two years
>post a thread hoping for literary opinions
>only have one picture saved on this computer, a picture of kate upton
>post it, because thread won't let me post without one
>a bunch of fucking retards start talking about tits and asses like they're fucking twelve
>mfw I just greentext'd on /lit/

Today I picked up House of Mirth by Wharton, and Hollywood by Gore Vidal. Which one should I start?

And are they good?

>>4394998
Glass family is a saga of his other books. Like Raise High the roof beam, Carpenters, and Franny and Zooey. It's implied in Catcher in the Rye that they're actually written by Holden's brother. So, in a way all his books and stories tie together. Kind of neat.

There's also a bunch of short stories.

>>4394957
I agree with this. He's more about feeling, and evoking emotion, and memories using abstract notions. Bananafish is probably one of my favorite stories. Hits you right in the feels how he goes from being childish, and innocent, talking to this little girl, then goes back to his hotel room and paints his brains on the wall. It just comes out of nowhere, but you know it's going to happen. The way Seymour talks is just so... out of it. You can tell something is wrong.

But in order to properly understand his suicide, and the story you need to read the other Glass family stories. They give you further details. They're worth the read too. Definitely would recommend.

okay but I need to leave soon so I'll check the archive tomorrow. what?

>>3883531
ok, thanks. cya

>>3883522
shameful topics, sorry. but it's ok! best wishes to you : )

>>3883511
sometimes I don't know what pertains to me and what doesn't.. but in a prescription/prescribed way.. I'm not -that- degenerate.. ok?

>>3883505
doesn't that mean you could suggest a comic or non-fiction for me then?

>LAST THREE
To the Lighthouse by Viriginia Woolf:
'stream of consciousness' thing but less claustrophobic than James and much less poetic than Joyce. defo closer to James, her narratives feels really domestic or sociological, a comment on age, family or gender. quite liked it.

>Metamorphoses by Ovid
expected this to be more inaccessible because of it's age and language but the translator's free verse seemed pretty easy to follow. i'd recommend it as a really fast and hilarious way to learn some of the roman mythology.

>Batman:Killing Joke by Alan Moore
my first comic. it wasn't trashy or anything, kind of Nietzschean right? even actual novelists can end up compromising their main art when tacking philosophy onto it, here it just fit the characters. I don't know which one to do next but maybe the Watchmen.

>CURRENTLY READING
Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare.
one of his funniest ones so far <3 mendelssohn

>NEXT THREE
something non-fiction
more Henry James short stories
Steppenwolf or Gravity's Rainbow

hi cappy : )

>>3687185
>hairy palm
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>>3403892
Dear god. I never thought of that. Or should I say... *she* never thought of that. That sneaky bitch!

I'm married - so, I hope so.

Unless I have Dissociative Identity Disorder and my wife is actually me. But that would be so cliche.

I've had three short stories published in fairly well-reputed literary magazines. Not bad money. You just sort of have to cater to what the people want to read - and not what you want to write.

>>3203101
I love this idea.

>>3133294
*interested.

The problem with me is I'm interesting in a great deal of things. It's not so much that I don't know what I want to study, it's that I don't know what not to study. It would be impossible to have degrees in every field I'm interested in.

So I'm taking a lot of random courses that have no bearing on any degree or major. I can't seem to focus on one thing in particular. Makes me feel like I'll never finish my education. I guess one day I'll have to buckle down and do it.

But at the same time, I also feel like - what's the point in finishing your education? Why not just keep learning?

>>3087856
Same.

>>3087834
Oh not too bad, how about yourself? :)

>>3087828
yeah it is. how are you?

>3087734
Hello! Long time no see!

>just found this board :) rate me please!
A turban carved in coarsest stone,
A pillar with rank weeds overgrown,
Where can now be scarcely read
The Koran verse that mourns the dead,
Point out the spot where Osama fell
A victim in that lonely dell.
There sleeps as true an Overman
As ever at Mecca bent the knee;
As ever scorned forbidden wine,
Or prayed with face towards the shrine,
In orisons resumed anew
At solemn sound of 'Alla Hu!'
Yet died he by a stranger's hand,
And stranger in his native land;
Yet died he as in his arms stood,
And unavenged, at least in blood.
But him the maids of Paradise
__Impatient to their halls invite,
And the dark heaven of Houris' eyes
__On him shall glance for ever bright;
They come--their kerchiefs green they wave,
And welcome with a kiss the brave!
Who falls in battle against an America
Is worthiest of an immortal bower