/lit/ - Literature

>jumping around in time from paragraph to paragraph
>lots of characters
>very little gentle reminders to help people who can't understand it fully

LLOSAAAAAAA

lol am i doing it right?

>>1977616

I know a few marine biologists who might disagree with that.

I don't really, I just said that to get my point across.

>>1977611

New to /lit/, are you?

>>1977581

In English? Or am I just not recognising a meme?

I started reading it today, I'm only about 30 pages in, this is much heavier going than I thought. I think even for the 19th century, this language is quite complex and flowery. it's already made me smile and laugh a few times, though. I know this board is (surprisingly) quite into this book.

I don't even know what a polyphonic novel is. I'm so stupid. Worse ever than Quentin.

>>1977157

No.

>>1977150

Turn me how? I'm so confused.

>>1977140

Only with Rosie Palms. Why? I haven't had sex in a while.

'Works' should be in the topic title, dammit.

City of Glass, Ghosts, that kind of thing. The stories are never long or particularly well-fleshed out, but they do deal well with identity, storytelling, freedom of action, and the emptiness of life. I also like his postmodern names for characters, like Blue, Black and White, and the way he uses them matter-of-factly, as if they're just pseudonymic.

HIs stuff like In The Country of Last Things is better written (and thankfully longer), but less interesting and insightful.

>>1974719

Books are the only form of art where apparently intelligent people will say your opinions are 'right' or 'wrong'. It won't happen in music, games, or movies.

>>1974572

I laughed at the Doom 3 reference.

This thread is becoming interesting, and is actually about literature. I didn't think many people would reply.

>>1974545

I'm British, English, and white...all at once!

Reward plz.

>>1973722

First Tao Lin post I've seen in 3 days. I'm amazed /lit/ went that long. Maybe /lit/ is changing.

People will hate me for saying this, but I dislike Pynchon a lot. His prose is almost impossible to understand, if there's even anything to understand. The only thing I kind of like by him, is Against The Day. GR was a trainwreck, no matter how many times I reread sections, I still didn't know what was going on. Vineland was not too bad, but still below average. Didn't like V or 49 much.

I sometimes wonder who all these people who like him are.

>>1974515

You don't NEED to remember it.

Remember when this board marked spoilers? Me neither.

>>1974505

That post was both funny and true. WELL DONE.

>>1974457

Come to my town in England, and you can. I never get any action, oh dear. :(

>>1974450

I know what it means, yesyesyes, I'm saying it's a byword for posh and / or rich. It's usually 'old money'. Personally, I want to marry a WASP heiress.

I nailed it? Me? Sunhawk? Does this mean I'm intelligent now, or just I just get lucky?

>got lucky

>calling us retards
>implying that doesn't e-hurt our feelings

>>1974431

I didn't mean WASP literally, I meant WASP as a byword for a posh, wealthy person (at least that's how people in the UK use it).

Franzen writes about white people problems (and does this well, I think). Just don't read The Twenty-Seventh City.