/lit/ - Literature

>>5068737
Fiction, not figure

>>5068719
I'm sort of the same, only I find it tremendously easier to stay focused on non-fiction than fiction, usually. What literary figure do you read fem? I mostly see you in philosophy threads

>>5065338
lol that's true, though I was talking about guys who pose more of a threat to your tissue-weak bf than some dude crushing on a figment internet woman

I used to read a lot of King in middle/high school and I think he's actually pretty good. The Everytown, America setting gets stale quick and I don't like that he relies so much on the supernatural - and clichéd at that (tentacle monsters ruined The Mist for me) - but overall he has a good sense of character, story, and is really imaginative. My picks would be Pet Semetery (sic), The Talisman (dat ebic journey), and Skeleton Crew.

>>5064118
>tfw feminister jilted the shit out of you

>>5046566
I like you

>>5044453
Is this guy a shark or what

>>5044317
you forget about Faulkner.
>Hemingway
Enjoy your ESL English.

>>5044267
Y reniegan como culeros cuando los tratas aproximar al original

>>5044210
I could defend the translation, but you're exactly who the pablumized version was meant for.

>>5044136
is_this_nigga_serious.rar

>>5043998
It's closer to the original. Personally it bugs me that the author's words were simplified to reach the widest possible audience. Words like diaphanous and corpulent are present in the original, and some details were even omitted, like the thatched roofs

If anyone's still here.

Rabassa translation
>MANY YEARS LATER as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. At that time Macondo was a village of twenty adobe houses, built on the bank of a river of clear water that ran along a bed of polished stones, which were white and enormous, like prehistoric eggs. The world was so recent that many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point. Every year during the month of March a family of ragged gypsies would set up their tents near the village, and with a great uproar of pipes and kettledrums they would display new inventions. First they brought the magnet. A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands, who introduced himself as Melquíades, put on a bold public demonstration of what he himself called the eighth wonder of the learned alchemists of Macedonia. He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots, pans, tongs, and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge, and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades’ magical irons. “Things have a life of their own,” the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. “It’s simply a matter of waking up their souls.

closer to the original
>Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, the colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon in which his father took him to see the ice. Macondo was then a village of twenty adobe and reed-thatched houses, built on the side of a river of diaphanous waters rushing over a bed of polished stones, white and enormous like prehistoric eggs. The world was so recent that many things lacked names, and to mention them one had to signal them with a finger. Every year around the month of March, a family of ragged gypsies planted their tents near the village, and with a great commotion of whistles and kettledrums they would display the new inventions. First they brought the magnet. A corpulent gypsy, with a wild beard and sparrow hands, who presented himself with the name of Melquiades, made a truculent public presentation of what he himself called the eighth wonder of the wise alchemists of Macedonia. He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everyone was shocked at seeing pots, pans, tongs, and braziers tumble down from their places, and the beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to dislodge themselves, and even objects lost since long ago appeared from where they had been searched for most and dragged themselves in a farrago behind Melquiades' magic irons. "Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a coarse accent. "It's just a matter of waking their souls."

>>5042969
It's not just that he's out of wedlock, it's that you're tricking your cuckold hubbo into raising another man's bastard. He's gonna spend hard-earned cash, love, and energy into perpetuating genes that aren't even his, just those of his hyperslut turbocunt heifer of a wife and her mediocre fuck of a cuckee

>>5042551
>>5042868
Give me a sec

>>5042532
>dashes for dialogue

If I'm not mistaken, it's the norm in certain countries, not an authorial thing

As someone not from there, I enjoyed deciphering the Scottish vernacular, ken?

>>5040794
>shitty writing

I have the book in Spanish and I was surprised by how well it's written. The English version (despite being sanctioned by the author) is considerably dumbed down.

I've even considered doing a translation myself, just for the hell of it. If anyone's interested I can post some examples of the differences in prose.

>relationship status

Taken but looking

>occupation

freelance journalist

>favourite book

M&D

>book you're currently reading

The Picture of Dorian Gray (intermittently)

I've stopped reading for a while now and I have no idea why

>>5030582
take it up with >>5030515 ma'am, I didn't drag it in here.

>>5030535
Yea... that whole thread is just
>help I get hit on a lot coz I'm very attractive. how do I into public fidelity for bf?

It's a question she can answer with 3 seconds' thought, but then she wouldn't be getting any attention for it.

>>5030510
Shit just got real

>>5030508
On a side note, Fem, do you cheq your mail still? Here's what I promised, the word 'robust' worked into an article. It was trickier than expected

>>5019183

Anal holocaust aside, you used leftist as an insult, so I'm guessing there's another reason besides his humor style that you don't like Vonnegut.

I have SH5 at hand, and flipping through it, I rescind what I said, Pynchon Can be funnier than Vonnegut. But Vonnegut's page-to-humor ratio is much more favorable than Pynchon's.

>>5019105
>being this rectally apocalypsed over opinions on humor

Your froth is showing, bro. Go watch some Looney Toons.