>age>location>current book + your thoughts27North CarolinaDiaries of Franz Kafka -- he's literally me, if I was way better at writing
>>25310479Thank you for reminding me that mexicans who love mexico and pride themselves on being mexican rioted because they were against being sent to mexico.
tuwītu furun za fyūcha?
33PittsburghSuttreeI had a longstanding rule not to read this unless I was out doing something which seemed conducive to the mood—in nature or traveling or whatever—which led to this being a long burn over, shit, eight years. Admittedly with some full years between where it just slipped my attention. I‘m glad with the impression it left me as I just finished the last 100 pages mostly over last weekend out of town then a marathon at the park yesterday. The little vignettes of minute tasks, solitary perspectives, all through a lens of atavism contra an overdeveloped world make it such a pertinent masterpiece. I lean more to the notion of art as beautifying than relational which left me alienated at some of the grotesque parts but its constant connection to nature more than made up for that. I feel like it actually is what everybody claims Ulysses to be and the use of a strong, steadfast protagonist (however self-gratifying that is for a self-insert) makes it edifying.
>>25310566dude holy shit im in pittsburgh too.22Farewell to Arms. To be frank I just started it about an hour ago, but I loved The Sun Also Rises. I trust Hemingway with my life. I just finished Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I'll have to read all of his books after I finish reading all of Hemingway's books.
>>25310479i don't understand what your pic means24New EnglandStonerI wish I read this when I was fresh out of high school, or at least earlier in my life. It's quite good and I think it is effectively moderating my ego/self-importance. I appreciate the dialogue.>>25310566Suttree seems really interesting, I will likely check that out. I read The Road when I was a teenager and thought it was alright, but maybe I should reread it and delve into McCarthy more.
>>25310566>>25310645now kiss
>>2531047918Rio de JaneiroSpent all afternoon reading Don Juan while naked. Im typically not the biggest fan of the prose in non-latin languages but Byron is such a sweet read, im very attached to the hyperromantic poets in general although im aware this may partially be due to my age
Charles Bukowski's Ham on Rye.It's probably less semiautobiographical and just a direct name change. It's very short, 'raw' snd punchy in dialogue. And depressing. I really like it, actually. It has an authenticity about it. Also looking up a picture of the author was a hell of a thing. He doesn't look quite human. I can't decide if it's because he's german or some sort of earlier variety of man - he's not quite at the nadir of the uncanny valley, but he's down the slope a ways.
>30>emuland>dichronautsI have no idea what the fuck I'm reading and I'm going to drop itAlso I thought Joyce Carol Oates was some 19th century poet, but she's alive and modern
19IowaBlood Meridian. On the one hand one of the best things I've ever read—on the other, plagued by boomer sensibilities and a puerile urge to subvert. But beneath aesthetics and politics it faithfully represents the world as it exists stripped of Christ.
>>25310901what's it like being a walking stereotype?
>>25310922Contented
>>25310901>reads first book>best book ever
>>25310901>zoomer>blood meridian>tradlarperThis poster is the death of /lit/ embodied.
>>25310947Ive read 20 books this year. Not a ton but I'm better read than most of the larpers on here. Shakespeare is "better" in a sense certainly but the way McCarthy writes is uniquely beautiful. Although I haven't read any Faulkner yet. Harold Bloom also thought it was excellent, I think you faggots just don't like that it's associated with your political enemies or whatever. >>25310948True, nothing would kill lit like people actually reading instead of arguing in bait threads.
>>25310952back to tiktok little zoomie
>>25310957I'm 50 lol I always lie about my age in these threads.
>>25310566Hahaha Jesus Christ get some taste
>>2531047923 Wisconsin Silence. Liking it a lot more as I read on. One thing I find interesting is the protagonist incrementally losing his faith in God due to unfortunate events, but still being pious because he knows that one day Japan will eventually be Catholic. The fact that the author was a Japanese Catholic makes it ironic and introspective, as he was aware of Japan’s aversion to Christianity and probably had a similar reckoning of faith during World War 2, so the book is as much about the protagonist as it is about the writer himself.
>>2531047943OhioTruth by Felipe-Fernandez Armesto. Going through this slowly and learning about the cultural history of knowledge attainment. Its not bad but my birthday is coming up so I'm a bit sidetracked.
Fuck off with the blatant data mining threads, wumao.
>>25311102Kys ESL
>>2531047936 Southern California Don QuixoteJust started but it’s a good read. Illusions of grandeur and living out a fantasy of a past age are problematic for anyone. It’s better to identify the base ideals of what you identify with while staying adaptable in the current age is the better solution. It’s sillier than I thought it would be while remaining compelling. I can see why it’s a classic.
>>25310885>DichronautsTHANK YOU, been trying to remember the name of that book for forever.
35Oregon A Dragons Head & A Serpents TailIt's kinda crazy, this was a proto-Korean War conflict and the Chinese military intervened to aid the Koreans here just like they did on October 19th, 1950; 358 years later.It's not particularly well-written or even (I don't think) that detailed or maybe even that well researched but it's interesting enough for what it is.History really does rhyme.
>>25310741Damn it I NEED to know if there are any more nudist readers on /lit/>>25310952>english onlyyucky
25Japan Suttree Nobody told me this book was about a guy fucking watermelons.
>>25310479NC36A Violent Masterpiece and also the Oxford History of the French Revolution. Where in NC? I'm from Mt. Airy aka Mayberry
Mean ≈ 28.54 yearsMedian = 27 yearsMode = 36The distribution is slightly right-skewed because of the higher ages (35, 36, 36, 43), which pull the mean above the median.Im surprised the mean is 28 years old.Interesting...many such cases.
>>25313273OP here, damn you're way the fuck out there. I'm in Durham
>>25313323Most 4chan users are probably 14-17 and are just lying about their age
>>25310524They have every right to be in USA
>>25313341>
>>2531047922GermanyLife and Death of Ancient CitiesAtrocious spelling and writing at times, though I got it as a pdf from a friend so I can’t complain much.
66NetherlandsHow states think - MearsheimerRationality of war - SpanielDivine Comedy - DanteReading lots of books in parallel
19polandjourney to the end of the nightheard a lot about it, so far its great and the language is just amazing
21, Wales. In parenthesis by David jones. Absolutely incredible. It becomes incredibly more difficult (stylistically) immediately after the first shelling. The prose and poetry is fantastic.
>>2531047928TexasJust finished Mason & Dixon. I'm far too inadequate a writer to describe my current emotions
>>2531047933yo uncTokyoCurrently reading The Book of Sand / Shakespeare’s memory by Borges. Concurrently reading a book called Borges and Me by Jay Parini, about a guy who had to help an elderly, blind Borges travel around Scotland. My thoughts are that Borges was a treasure, something about his stories is so magical. In just a few short pages he can make me feel completely transported to another world, and move me as well. The Borges and Me book is funny, there’s an anecdote about Borges eating pot brownies
32, almost 33KyotoReading some gay light novel (無口な俺が.. etc.) just to rest a bit after finishing Kobo Abe's 箱男. I'm sure I didn't understand most of what the fuck was going on in Abe, the legal stuff language mostly, but also the general implications of the story. Still there is some very beatiful language and there were some nice scenes such as when the teachers forces him to get naked.Also reading a bunch of Roberto Bolano on the side. Just finished Nocturno de chile again and starting una novelita lumpen (new for me). I want to read some Silvina Ocampo later. Who knows.
>>25313847Sounds pretty gay. Have you read any of Abe’s other books? You reading it in English or in the original nihongo?
>37> Coeur d’alene> Richard hugo a run of jacks this motherfucker never found a dang slant rhyme they didn’t like
>>25313851>17cya
>>25313875> This motherfucker ought to have honestly learned some dang like italian or something like that before get paid to teach rhyming or something like that i am honestly surprised nobody yelled at this fucker for being ridiculous but that just shows that individuals on the english poetic tradition have not read early english poet which i guess is not that surprising because how often are honkies ready anything honestly, just talking here, typing as capote would claim, the lyre through the aoelian harp, mencken sound that the united states south was the desert of the bozart or something like that, alright signing off
>>25313888>>25313888>slop Get fucked faggot
>>25313864That was my first Abe I think. It's slightly possible that I read some Abe (in english) in my Japanese phase when I was around 15 though but I have 0 recollections.And now in nihongo of course. I'm not quite there yet though. But ganbarimasu etc.
>>25311436I will often spend an hour or two reading naked on the toilet if I have nothing to do, sometimes while drinking. I am short, fat and hairy though, so this is probably not what you were looking for.
>>25313341no they fucking don't.>>25313339I'm actually turning 44 in 12 days.
>>25313937how does it feel to be 40?
>>25313995uh, not really much different than 30 except you have back pains.
