What are you currently reading?

>Dieting only succeeds in reducing the formation of fat, and does nothing toward getting rid of fat after it is acquired

This is demonstrably wrong

He's mostly right though. He's wrong about the belief that exercise, rather than diet, causes weight loss. But he's correct that the idea of dieting is flawed, that people are lazy as fuck, and that certain foods produce more fat (aka fat because it's more calorie-dense).

But I love the language, terms like "combating corpulency" and "fleshy people". I wish modern publications could still do that.

If you like his turn of phrase you'll love this bit

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The complete works of Dazai.

Big thanks to whoever recommended Schoolgirl some time ago when I mentioned Snow Country (雪国). Am now slowly going through his anthology, hoping for more like that. So far, I'm not disappointed.

I doubt I understand what the author tried to convey even the slightest, but it's somewhat fun to mull over the pieces and figure out how to relate them to myself.

good ass play my man
You should read the Wild Duck if you haven't already

just when you think it cannot possibly crawl further up its own ass the ascent begins anew

You reading it in Japanese? How is that?

Yes. It's a bit of a challenge, honestly. These works are over fifty years old, mostly meaning that I need to look up some words every now and than. But most meaning can be established from context.

It's fun to read something way out of my comfort zone, if nothing else.

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hello newfag

If anything I'm just more confused now

How's Sellout?

Why would you do this to yourself?

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Hey there, pleb. Next time be sure to lurk more before trying to quote or fit here.

I'm unironically reading God Emperor of Dune.

Is this as kek worthy as Greek mythology?

I'm not 100% sure what you mean by "kek worthy."

I think it's certainly interesting from the perspective of how influential some of the myths were on the myths of other ancient cultures. Although, I think in a more literary sense it is less interesting than you get from lots of Greek texts. Much of the text is also quite fragmentary, which is a shame.

Definitely an interesting read though.

Favorite passages?

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favourite so far:

>Ur matta och sjunkna ögon
>jag såg hur det sköt en glans,
>jag såg hur det fuktigt lyste
>bak skimrande ögonfrans.

>Hon stannat vid blomsterbutiken
>med en svulten parvel vid hand,
>där stodo de två och tryckte
>sig tätt mot rutans rand.

>Måhända det var ett minne
>som gav åt kinden glöd,
>måhända det var en vårdröm
>som nu låg grusad och död.

>Och pilten blickar halvt ängsligt,
>halvt frågande upp på mor,
>det var som en halvväckt aning
>över hans anlet for.

>Så stodo i tystnad de båda
>med ögon i klartänd brand,
>och parveln fingrade tveksam
>på rutan med mager hand.

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Book was funny, but ultimately disappointing and "Kangz"ish.

The big problems I have, is that segregation has already happened in many areas, and the schools are absolute garbage.

Also,
>implying whites would be unhappy with blacks segregating themselves.

Do you know any other interesting books on mythology? I have both Bullfinch and Edith Hamilton, but I'm looking to get into non-Western mythology as well.

Not really user, sorry. I myself am only just getting in to non-Western stuff.

Surprisingly funny desu

Prose Edda, and the D'aulaires children's books. Gutenberg has lots of good shit as well. If you want to make a little effort, you could definitely find up to date prose translations using wikipedia. I just found pic related to make a point.

The posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas. A really nice book.

i know right?

literally laughed out loud at the bit with the Officer he hates

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Grapes of Wrath

Fear and Loathing in LV. It's fun

Pretty good so far, kind of amazed at the interviews this guy got. Goebbels, Himmler, and even Hitler himself.

Based Čapek

Is T Lothrop Stoddard a Pynchonian name?

Odd name, isn't it? I am not really sure was Pynchonian is though, never read Gravity's rainbow

Well, I'm doing it.

I'm gonna start with the Greeks after being a sheltered STEMlord for a couple years and not reading a single, non-class-related book. I hope I didn't fall for a meme.

Is that better than RUR or War of the Newts, I hope?

The first part is pretty boring, don't let it make you give up.

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Loving it. About 60% through and it might be my favorite from Pynchon.

Starting with the greeks is literally the most STEM way to get into literature. The Greeks are only necessary for outright allegories like Ulysses. Everything else is best to read on its own terms, don't fall for the meme that literature is about knowing exactly what the author was thinking. It's about finding stimulating ideas and appreciating a work's aesthetic qualities.

How are you finding it?

Silence by Shusaku Endo

Not sure if it's the translation, but this seems to be very down on the Japanese as a race for something that is written by a Japanese man. Very keen on the introspective from other cultures looking in

Only a few chapters in.

The Brothers Karamazov
pretty good so far desu

Just finished Hojoki, now reading Essays in idleness.

I like Hojoki, it makes me feel good as a NEET

I have the UK edition, the same but without "A Novel" in the middle.

Are Americans so impatient and stupid that they now need "A Novel" on the front of every non-fiction book so they don't buy it by mistake thinking it's a biography?

Just as far as Germany

comfy

Unironically War & Peace - Leo Tolstoy

I started this time last month, and am almost halfway through

If you're a pleb like me, start with something shorter. It's a good book but it does get slow

The Idiot

Only about 100 pages in but it's good so far. Myshkin is a likable character and seeing Dostoyevsky talk about his almost execution was really interesting.

This juicy 3,400 page little hoe

>Book was funny, but ultimately disappointing and "Kangz"ish.

Translation: I like it but don't want to admit it because it's black people

I find it to be cryptic due lack of understanding of older english language. I sort of wish there was a more modern wording but that would be lazy of me.

I've been reading this edition for a while. Currently reading Hamlet

Real Translation: it's overall a good book but it has some glaring issues and puts too much of an emphasis on Whites purposely controlling supposed African superiority.

It's sick as fuckkkkkk

This book is what I'm reading. I'm well aware its old but it ties into my thesis on gentlemanly capitalism.

Only about 30 pages in, but great so far. Shouldn't take me long to finish, it's pretty short.

I had been reading the Penguin edition and it's very readable.

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

It reads like Mad Men fan fiction but with less work and less sex. It's fucking bad. I'm gonna stick to the classics from here on out.

80% through and I think it's great. Been taking notes, although it's not necessary. Allusion-rich

Hey me too. I'm finding the translation to be very readable, if not all that poetic. Though the archaic names are kind of annoying.

I've got 30 pages left but the socialist fapping is killing my motivation to continue reading. I wish this had a better ending.

biggest cuck on the planet

I'm starting this in an hour when I'm done with my current book, I can't wait

I've taken some rest time after barreling through other stuff. Some casual Borges rereads, and also a Journey to the West excerpt for class. Probably starting the second half of meme wolfe's shit tomorrow.

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Same here desu

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Nice one. The film is a pretty faithful adaptation if you're into that. I enjoyed it.

is this some borges/marquez fan fiction?

War and Peace.

Bit dry isn't it?

About 200 pages in. Should I persevere?

i ordered this book on a mishima binge. when i read the back cover's synopsis, i realized that i had forgotten I HAD READ IT BEFORE.

i like mishima, but repressed this book for some reason.

Currently been reading Moby Dick and The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

edwards: drawing on the right side of the brain
stadelmann: a consultation with a midwife
aurelius: meditations
hollis: how to make a home

plus an audiobook for commuting to work

nietzsche: beyond good and evil

You can read literature you don't agree with, user.

I disagree wholeheartedly so far (page 62 rn) but intend to finish it anyway.

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Literally worst ending I have ever read. 80 pages of just socialistic pamphlet babbling.

Currently reading the sympathizer.

It's generally pretty good, but it's a bit heavyhanded with some of what Nguyen is trying to say.

Where I am, a bit shy of halfway through, the main character gets asked to review a movie script about the vietnam war, so that Nguyen can rant about asian's depictions in movies.

I'm halfway through Spring Snow, it's alright if a bit slow going - does it pick up in the last half?

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Its target audience is black/liberal. Yes it needs a trigger warning on the front.

I found it underwhelming, for similar reasons to you. Certainly doesn't live up to the hype (then again, what does?)

Fuck, I was just assigned this.

To friends who have finished The Sellout, is it worth reading after the father dies? I stopped reading a few chapters after that out of boredom. He was the only one who made the book interesting.

50 pages in

I thought it was laugh out loud funny, but it gets more and more preachy and eye rolly towards the end.

Thanks user