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I read that Eileen book that got long listed for the Booker as promised. It was good I wouldn't say it deserves it but then again I haven't read the other books so this is no new insight v v
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Twerkteam Pizza posted:I too live in a Murakami novel wtf
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CestMoi posted:wtf He cooks a lot of pasta while drinking beer and listening to the stones
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the_homemaster posted:Are you making light of depression? Wow, triggered. Great stuff keep it coming
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Walt Whitman is real good btw
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CestMoi posted:Walt Whitman is real good btw i got to go to the vaults of the folger and see his annotated copy of the sonnets and let me tell you, the man was horny for poetry. we should all follow his example.
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I started Middlemarch, a version I suspect is abridged. I'm 5 pages in so far and I'm appreciating the prose. This is a massive improvement from 10 years ago when I was in high school, where I had borrowed it from the library and in 3 pages become disgusted with the pretensioness and frustrated with lack of plot, and returned it immediately. Things do get better with age.
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Tree Goat posted:i got to go to the vaults of the folger and see his annotated copy of the sonnets and let me tell you, the man was horny for poetry. we should all follow his example. verses/cantos (?) 20 thru 30 of Song of Myself make me very horny for poetry, and also horny.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud This had a great first chapter but the rest of it was about twice as long as it should be, not that good overall.
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skooma512 posted:I started Middlemarch, a version I suspect is abridged. George Eliot fuckin rules in general. Read at least one of her shorter novels even if Middlemarch defeats you (which would be a shame cos it's great, but it's not uncommon) (also gently caress it if it's an abridged version, the whole point is the little insignificant details in this vast sprawling picture)
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CestMoi posted:Walt Whitman is real good btw Salt Shitman would be a good foreums handle
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Mel Mudkiper I have a question pertaining to Aquarium and am curious for your opinion (or anyone's for that matter) I question the reliability of the narrator. Do you believe this is intentional?
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CestMoi posted:verses/cantos (?) 20 thru 30 of Song of Myself make me very horny for poetry, and also horny.
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fridge corn posted:Mel Mudkiper I have a question pertaining to Aquarium and am curious for your opinion (or anyone's for that matter) Eh I see no reason to be suspicious of her accuracy. The events she describes are extreme, but that is kind of the point.
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skooma512 posted:I started Middlemarch, a version I suspect is abridged. you should get the unabridged version, that book is sooo gooooood. just thinking about the characters and their struggles is making me hella emotional right now...
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Eh I see no reason to be suspicious of her accuracy. The events she describes are extreme, but that is kind of the point. I agree for the most part, but still find it strange to frame the narration as such when it doesn't seem to add anything to the story when taken at face value. Equally extraordinary are the actions of the main character in the face of the extreme events as described, surely beyond the capabilities of most 12 year olds to act with such singular determination that perhaps things have been embellished somewhat. I dont think it adds much to think of the narration as unreliable but still it was something I found slightly distracting and had stuck in my mind since reading it
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skooma512 posted:I started Middlemarch, a version I suspect is abridged. I thought you were talking about Middlesex when I first read this post.
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So, uh, Gilead is insanely good and beautiful. lol at me I guess Aquarium should be my next book blue squares fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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fridge corn posted:I agree for the most part, but still find it strange to frame the narration as such when it doesn't seem to add anything to the story when taken at face value. Equally extraordinary are the actions of the main character in the face of the extreme events as described, surely beyond the capabilities of most 12 year olds to act with such singular determination that perhaps things have been embellished somewhat. I dont think it adds much to think of the narration as unreliable but still it was something I found slightly distracting and had stuck in my mind since reading it While reading, did you question the mother's narrative of her own childhood?
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Beyond sane knolls posted:While reading, did you question the mother's narrative of her own childhood? Yeah, of course
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blue squares posted:So, uh, Gilead is insanely good and beautiful. lol at me Told you so 
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Should I read Kafka on the Shore or We next?
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I haven't read that in a long time but I own it. all I'm reading are russians right now though
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Zesty Mordant posted:I haven't read that in a long time but I own it. all I'm reading are russians right now though I really don't know what it is with Russians but I always have trouble finishing a translated Russian text
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It's hard finding a good book to read. If I listen to recommendations from intellectual types, they usually recommend something that's too literary and is over my head. But if I listen to recommendations from the average Joe Sixpack, they'll recommend something like The Hunger Games or Dan Brown stuff. I need something middlebrow, like Jonathan Franzen. (Maybe Franzen is considered low brow by literary types, I don't know.) But it's hard to find a lot of stuff that fits in that middle ground.
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I don't know Franzen, but Michael Chabon is my closest conception of American Middlebrow. Yiddish Policemen's Union, and Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, maybe? You can also try some more accessible classics like Babbitt. BravestOfTheLamps fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Aug 4, 2016 |
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I don't know Franzen, but Michael Chabon is my closest conception of American Middlebrow. Yiddish Policemen's Union, and Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, maybe? Thanks for the tips. I'll look into those books.
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The Dennis System posted:It's hard finding a good book to read. If I listen to recommendations from intellectual types, they usually recommend something that's too literary and is over my head. But if I listen to recommendations from the average Joe Sixpack, they'll recommend something like The Hunger Games or Dan Brown stuff. I need something middlebrow, like Jonathan Franzen. (Maybe Franzen is considered low brow by literary types, I don't know.) But it's hard to find a lot of stuff that fits in that middle ground. I think Vonnegut might be the way to go in this case. Easy to read, but not poo poo. Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go is also a good read.
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The Dennis System posted:It's hard finding a good book to read. If I listen to recommendations from intellectual types, they usually recommend something that's too literary and is over my head. But if I listen to recommendations from the average Joe Sixpack, they'll recommend something like The Hunger Games or Dan Brown stuff. I need something middlebrow, like Jonathan Franzen. (Maybe Franzen is considered low brow by literary types, I don't know.) But it's hard to find a lot of stuff that fits in that middle ground. Michael Chabon, David Mitchell, William Boyd, maybe Ian McEwan.
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The Erland posted:I think Vonnegut might be the way to go in this case. Easy to read, but not poo poo. Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go is also a good read. peanut- posted:Michael Chabon, David Mitchell, William Boyd, maybe Ian McEwan. Thanks.
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The Dennis System posted:It's hard finding a good book to read. If I listen to recommendations from intellectual types, they usually recommend something that's too literary and is over my head. But if I listen to recommendations from the average Joe Sixpack, they'll recommend something like The Hunger Games or Dan Brown stuff. I need something middlebrow, like Jonathan Franzen. (Maybe Franzen is considered low brow by literary types, I don't know.) But it's hard to find a lot of stuff that fits in that middle ground. What other stuff do you like apart from Franzen? You could give Zadie Smith a go, or maybe Amelie Nothomb - they have good depth, yet are very approachable. Antonio Tabucchi's "Pereira Maintains" reads like a good European movie (and it was made into one!). Also, seconding Vonnegut, although he's much funkier.
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The Dennis System posted:It's hard finding a good book to read. If I listen to recommendations from intellectual types, they usually recommend something that's too literary and is over my head. But if I listen to recommendations from the average Joe Sixpack, they'll recommend something like The Hunger Games or Dan Brown stuff. I need something middlebrow, like Jonathan Franzen. (Maybe Franzen is considered low brow by literary types, I don't know.) But it's hard to find a lot of stuff that fits in that middle ground. *steven seagal blood bank voice* i'll fit you into the middle ground
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The Dennis System posted:It's hard finding a good book to read. If I listen to recommendations from intellectual types, they usually recommend something that's too literary and is over my head. But if I listen to recommendations from the average Joe Sixpack, they'll recommend something like The Hunger Games or Dan Brown stuff. I need something middlebrow, like Jonathan Franzen. (Maybe Franzen is considered low brow by literary types, I don't know.) But it's hard to find a lot of stuff that fits in that middle ground. I would recommend Watchmen.
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Zorodius posted:I would recommend Watchmen. Uhhh
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Watchmen is totally literature, Time Magazine said so! - a cretin
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All Cretans are liars! - a Cretan
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Twerkteam Pizza posted:I really don't know what it is with Russians but I always have trouble finishing a translated Russian text I find translated Russian very readable in terms of clear understanding of the superficial dynamics but teasing out underlying themes and motifs can be difficult at times. Anna Karenina, though, turns out to be an exception because I found that book terribly boring so it wasn't easy to see it through. The Erland posted:I think Vonnegut might be the way to go in this case. Easy to read, but not poo poo. Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go is also a good read. Vonnegut is amazingly easy to read and one of the few writers that makes me belly laugh while reading a book. Read everything he has written, IMHO. Full disclosure: I have 2 Vonnegut tattoos.
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