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>>24674726
NEED

>>24674726
Thomas Mann's A Death In Venice is what you're looking for. That and Christopher Isherwood. also Gary Indiana but it'll make you sputter a bunch of memewords from /pol/ so don't bother

>>24674726
In Search of Lost Time by Proust. Proust himself was also a homo.

>>24674726
Faggots by Larry Kramer

>>24674215


HAS LEÍDO ALGUNA OBRA EDITADA POR «CÁTEDRA»?

>>24674215
Por lo general están a cargo de profesores universitarios y académicos españoles.
Algunos vienen con introducción general, historia de la obra e historia material del texto, y cosas así. Otros vienen con estudios más originales y propios del académico a cargo.

>>24666468
Porque mexicanos no tienen verdaderos metafisicos?

>>24674552


QUÉ CARAJOS ES UN «METAFÍSICO»?

>>24674552
Carlos Castaneda

Schopbros...why do we always get BTFO by more intelligent anons who are idealists? We have to do better defending Schop instead of just posting AZ quotes...

>>24672873
>he took philosophy as far as it can go.
What about Wittgenstein who showed the limit of Philosophy itself?

>>24670410
Nietzsche, Whitehead, Heidegger

The only philosopher that matters is yourself. If you have not reached this conclusion yet, your journey is still incomplete.

>>24673860
r-real...>>24670432

>>24674661
It's so cute when chuds try to be intellectuals. They talk a big game about the classics and scholarship and knowledge, how they're conservative because they know their history or whatever, and then they actually start reading academic work and immediately sperg out about how it's all woke pozzed libtard bullshit because it disproves them lmao. They start saying retarded shit like this
>>24674743
>I don't really think of liberal Christians, as Christians.
>Real Christians believe in stuff like traditional authorship
with a straight face. Genuinely don't realize how fucking retarded they sound.
>everyone who agrees with my fringe fundiefag interpretation of textual criticism is a REAL christian
>everyone who disagrees with me is a FAKE CHRISTIAN so THERE
>no I will not read people who disagree with me I've already decided they're wrong because... because... they're not REAL christians
>the entire field disagrees with me? that's because... because... uh... they're not REAL christians so THERE
The funniest fucking part is that you genuinely think you sound very knowledgeable and intelligent. Go ahead, post a link to a pdf by Cleetus McCocksucker from Alabama Higher Bible Institute that proves the Gospels were written by direct eyewitnesses kek

>>24668057
>Quoting a gay freemason to make your point
This is like quoting Yuval Noah Harari

>>24674794
Dilate.

>>24674261
If Shakespeare is the Moses, if Melville and Dickens are the David and Solomon, and if Joyce, Pynchon and McCarthy are the Mark, Matthew and Luke of literature, then DFW is John.

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>>24674822
>ctrl-f "trans," "tranny," "transgender"
>0 results
>obsessed

>>24673475
>started it when I got home after work on Friday and did little but read all weekend.
I need to develop this endurance, I could get through so many philosophy books so quickly to start discussing them or even rereading if I could read like this, since theyre generally short but dense in meaning.

>>24671674
it's just rehashed William Burroughs for the Kurt Cobain generation.

>>24671674
they say if something is written at a level 15IQ points above or below your own, you will have a hard time staying engaged. in this case i would say it is most likely above you. he was a very smart person. that's ok. there are a lot of other books out there for you.

>>24673507
Just keep reading and keep challenging yourself with what you read, you will get there.
>>24673789
>t. the retarded generation
If it is a rehash of anything it is a rehash of Gaddis but even that is a stretch, almost a rebuttal of The Recognition but not really.
>>24673797
Sticking to your level is the best way to stay stupid, it is complacency. Most of the issues people have with literature is simply not understanding the tools and techniques of literature, which anyone of average intelligence can grasp if they put in the time. Your "they system" is poorly developed.

gaudy

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>>24671916
The Holy Bible. The Thirty Years War killed 2.8 times as much of the German population as both World Wars combined. The Huguenot War in France killed 14 times as many as the devastating First World War. The First Crusade killed an astounding 66-80% of the belligerents on the winning side (by contrast, most soldiers on the Eastern Front survived the war) and depopulated the affected regions.

The Koran is a close second.

>>24673577
read this word - quibble
>>24674563
type text in notepad printf to pdf screen snap into paint

>turner diaries
you aren't impressing anyone faggot. grow up

>>24674595
safe edgy

>>24674824
better safe edgy than retard edgy

>>24673910
another soviet book from a historian who has an opposite view

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>>24674045
Forgit the image

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>>24674047
>The period from September 1939 to early 1942 was crucial for Soviet foreign policy and coincided with the early stages of the Second World War, including the Great Patriotic War. In Stalin’s Great Game, Michael Jabara Carley unpacks the complexities of Soviet diplomacy during this time, addressing key issues such as the Soviet-Finnish Winter War, Soviet views on the fall of France and the Battle of Britain, efforts to remain neutral in Europe, Soviet relations with both Britain and Nazi Germany, and the formation of the Grand Alliance against the Axis powers.
>Drawing on extensive research from multilingual archives in France, Britain, the United States, and the USSR, Carley offers a comprehensive narrative that explores Soviet intelligence activities, especially of the “Cambridge Five” spy ring and Nazi Germany’s preparations for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. The book also re-evaluates historiographical debates on Stalin’s interpretation of Soviet intelligence and Hitler’s intentions towards the USSR. The third volume in Carley’s trilogy on the origins and early conduct of the Second World War, Stalin’s Great Game provides a fresh re-examination of key events and interpretations by both Western and Soviet historians, introducing new ideas and perspectives on this critical period.
third book is also out

>>24673620
Looks interesting
>>24673929
never mind

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>>24673620
>As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods.
>French leaders, favoring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts around the periphery of the German, Austrian, and Ottoman empires and eventually break the enemy's defenses. But France did not have sufficient resources to push the Germans back from the Western Front and attack elsewhere. The offensives they launched proved costly, and their tactical and operational methods ranged from remarkably effective to disastrously ineffective.
>Using extensive archival research, Doughty explains why France pursued a multi-front strategy and why it launched numerous operations as part of that strategy. He also casts new light on France's efforts to develop successful weapons and methods and the attempts to use them in operations.

>>24674415
>Sperging out over nothing
Lincoln in the Bardo was ass. Saunders wrote his best work decades ago. You don’t read enough to understand why I added that nuance to my response, and it’s evident in that you don’t recommend anything, and start talking about another board. What an embarrassing and histrionic response.

>>24674444
Quads of truth. Removing Lincoln from by TBR list.

>>24674444
quads of truth on Lincoln in the Bardo desu, it wasn't great and didn't deserve the praise. Saunders's best work is probably Tenth of December, which came out in 2013. Hardly decades. Also
>heh, he's finished, his best stuff came out decades ago
Faggot this entire board is discussing writers that died centuries ago, who gives a fuck if a living writer's best work was in 2013?
>well I added nuance so there
You didn't add any nuance lmao you just said he's no Joyce or Hemingway. No shit. That's not nuance, that's you masturbating while pondering how well-read you think you are
>talking about another board
Do I have to explain the concept of "by comparison" to you
>you don't recommend anything
OP should read Denis Johnson's "Jesus' Son." It's got metaphors but it's short and excellent, full of interesting tales about unrepentant fuckups in horrible situations
>you so mad n sheit heh
Again, grow up

>>24670894
>I read for fun on my phone mostly
A few people have recommended Borges; he was a genius but to be honest seems like a bad suggestion. His stories are short but extremely dense and intellectual, and if you're a casual reader (no shame in that) you'll probably just find it frustrating. OP, feel free to try something from his Ficciones/Labyrinths if he still sounds appealing, but you've been warned.
Some stories I recommend:
>Flannery O'Connor- A Good Man Is Hard To Find (the title story, or whatever you want from the collection, it's all good)
>Washington Irving- Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hollow (if you like those, Dolph Heyliger is as good or better, but longer and less important)
>Tennessee Williams- One Arm
>Ring Lardner- There Are Smiles (romance) or Harmony (sports story)
>James B. Hall- Ace in the Hole (might be hard to find, but it's the bee's knees)
>Tao Lin- Three-Day Cruise

>>24674764
>OP should read Denis Johnson's "Jesus' Son."
Forgot about this one; solid suggestion.

>>24674764
>More histrionic seething over nothing
Preemptively trying to predict what others are going to say, as if that will stop me from abusing you, makes you look spectacularly schizophrenic. You need to stop being so fixated on others’ responses and just say what you need to say.
>That's not nuance, that's you masturbating while pondering how well-read you think you are
More projection. I never mentioned a single other author. I just said Saunders already wrote his best work, and even that even that pales in comparison to the other authors mentioned here. Which you clearly agree with, but for some reason you keep reacting with hostility. Your entire demeanor is like an abused dog, did someone hurt you in /mu/?

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I don‘t know

Could be mould, could also be book eating insects, unlikely to be foxing

>>24674632
If it is mold would it be dangerous to read? Been sitting on the shelf for a while and doesn't seem to be spreading

>>24674776
No, if it's sporing you're going to be in danger from it sitting on a shelf as much as reading it. You should brush it off anyways if it is mould, and if you're feeling extra spicy, you can wear a mask while doing it
I think it's just as likely to be a bookworm damage situation though

>>24674819
Thanks anon, I can be a little paranoid sometimes, fitting as it's a Pynchon novel

Is catch 22 really considered postmodern I'm a retard and I'm not even sure what postmodernism is

>>24672863
You should read Melancholy of Resistance. It is a Pomo book from Hungary influenced by Pythagoras (perfect transcendental music as tied to Being) and Heraclitus (beauty existing within the discord of the world).

>>24672800
Usually when books make no sense I don't even bother with them

>>24674681
it doesn't mean anything. it's a word the weak yell when they feel threatened.

>>24672800
Never, but I'm a bigger modernism guy.

>>24673788
https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/all-his-life-harold-bloom-dreamed-in-yiddish/

>>24673924
This is so incredibly vapid, it's hard to imagine these people have no self awareness. Imagine the exact same article but it's a German talking about the German language.

>>24674224
A puff piece is vapid? Shocking.

>>24672121
But what about Khazar milkers?

This book exposes how fragile and vulnerable is the state of Israel, mainly because it is relying on biblical myths to construct Zionist ideology and Jewish identity, rather than on actual history proven by archeological and biological research.

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>>24674308
>tfw when you can't learn Latin because there's no Latin dub of Peppa Pig yet

>>24674350
>>24674308
I know you're joking but I'm so glad there's minimal to no garbage media in Greek and Latin. Fuck. Best part of both languages.

>>24674367
Latin is the only language where the “easy content” is so minimal that I actually have to use good stuff to learn instead of spending 1000+ hours watching travel vlogs and kids shows.

>>24674289
I just think it’s a great tool specifically for what that Anon was asking. Specifically, brute forcing a text with minimal prior grammatical/lexical knowledge. It would suck and be kind of retarded but at least it would be realistically doable compared to using a separate grammar/dictionary. Plus any words encountered would carry over so maybe brute forcing one text, while awful, would excite and encourage them to do more Latin later in a way normal reading wouldn’t. The main reason my advice was retarded is that I thought the original post was asking about a Latin text, totally forgetting Gawain and the Green Knight is written in Middle English.

>>24673517
I find Middle English much easier to understand if I read aloud with modern pronunciation, treating it like English with divergent spelling and a bunch of unknown words, rather than treating it like a foreign tongue. That’s how I got through Chaucer. I wouldn’t call reading it and looking up words where necessary “brute-forcing” it at all. You should be totally fine to just sit down and start reading IMO.

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>>24673517
In particular as an introduction for Middle English, I can heartily recommend this version of the Canterbury Tales published by QPB classics published in 1991 because it comes with an attached appendix containing cultural notes, idiomatic explanations, and the archaic grammar, as well as a full glossary of the text for archaic vocabulary.

>>24674568
It wasn’t my intention here to imply I literally sat down with the raw text and zero lookups. Rather, I just made an effort to look up stuff as little as possible, with that being much more doable in some sections vs others.

>>24674846
I far prefer Wordsworth's edition, it has marginal notes for difficult words and expressions and a brief but efficient introduction to the relevant features of Middle English.

>>24674407
The same old slander. Can't you find new material?

>>24670991
Genuinely yes. Hitler clearly had some kind of spectrum issue.

>>24674538
Based

>>24674526
I was just joking, but it's always funny to see someone get all worked up at the mere suggestion that their goat had homosex. Yes, he and his roommate Kubizek kissed a lot and even planned to live together in a large villa, one would be an orchestra conductor and the other a painter, they liked opera and had a lot of unprotected sex

>>24668483
his awkward and stilted relationships with women are well known

>>24674282
>nigger slop so fucking lazy
It was literal slop shat out often last minute in a serialized format to fill space in a newsletter. The author was embarrassed that there was as much demand for a novel binding as there was, and that the novel became as popular as it did.

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>>24674380
I‘m gonna need to see that sourced as Pierce then went on to record it himself which I don‘t think was pointedly in demand. If nothing else that Cosmotheism chapter seems to be taking its work pretty seriously.

>>24674301
Like italians. Or Irish.

>>24673495
>Any to add to this?

Nope. You've got it pretty well figured out.

boring basedright garbage. go talk to your friends or something. they miss you.

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happy birthday

>>24670863
He bought it for you because he thinks you're gay. If you tell him you read it then he'll know you're gay since reading is gay. If you tell him you didn't read it then you're ungrateful which is also gay.

>>24670863
the book does a great job with written comedy. imagine reading a joking instead of hearing it but it's as funny. there is a sad war story undertone that passed over my head when i first read it in college which im glad because the second reading made it different. hopefully the humor outshines in your reading

Any other books like this aside from Pynchon and Confederacy of Dunces?

>>24673189
where do you think we are