FAV AUTHOR STACK

[Anonymous No.15121635]

ITT: Post a pic of the stack you have of your fav author.

[Anonymous No.15121640]

Whom is that and why do you enjoy his work so much?

[Anonymous No.15121653]

>>15121635

[Anonymous No.15121686]

>>15121653
DAMMN BOII

[Anonymous No.15121693]

>>15121653
welcome to the desert of the jean baudrillard stack thread

[Anonymous No.15121700]

[Anonymous No.15121720]

[Anonymous No.15121723]

>>15121693
Woah, another Baudrillard stack. Never thought anyone else would have one. How's screened out? I want that and cool memories next. Not pictured is symbolic exchange and death, my brother's borrowing it.

[Anonymous No.15121744]

>>15121700
Isn't James complete oeuvre published by LOA??

[Anonymous No.15121754]

>>15121720
How's Aphorisms, compared to his short stories?

[Anonymous No.15121779]

>>15121723
Screened Out is a great collection, it has some of his best essays. You can get a .pdf of it online fairly easily with some searching, if you're ok with engaging with The Virtual for it.

[Anonymous No.15121788]

>>15121744
It is, but isn’t it like hard to find and expensive?

[Anonymous No.15121802]

>>15121779
Awesome. I try to avoid reading on a screen, it just doesn't work for me the way paper does. Check out Impossible Exchange and Transparency of Evil, those are my favorites you don't have. I figure once I get all his published works the automatic writing of the world will be complete.

[Anonymous No.15121806]

>>15121754
Honestly? I feel like it probably just doesn't translate. My mother got it for me this christmas so I'm glad I didn't spend any money on it because it's very cryptic. It's basically just a collection of all the stuff he wrote down that wouldn't fit into any other collection of his work because it's too short, like one or two sentences short. Stuff like notes written on a napkin or in the margin of a book.
I'll give a few examples
pg. 28:
Once we have taken evil into ourselves, it no longer insists that we believe in it.
pg. 35:
There is no possessing, only an existing, only an existing that yearns for its final breath, for asphyxiation.
pg. 44:
You have girded your loins in a most laughable way for this world.

[Anonymous No.15121822]

>>15121693
based

[Anonymous No.15121825]

>>15121806
Thanks, most authors that have those type of books published after their death end up being not so great.

[Anonymous No.15121852]

>>15121653
>>15121693
>No Mirror of Production or Symbolic Exchange and Death
embarrassing

[Anonymous No.15121854]

>>15121825
It's not *bad* but I'm not sure it's worth the money IMO. If you're really curious about the author I would say it is worth it but you're basically paying for all of his looseleaf notes, the kinda stuff you have written down in your notes app or on sticky notes laying around. He definitely has stronger stuff

[Anonymous No.15121885]

>>15121852
>No Mirror of Production or Symbolic Exchange and Death

Symbolic's at my brother's place. I didn't like MoP, I get that it's his break with Marxism, but even then his thought still had yet to break fully from his influences at the time. That's my issue with his earlier work, it's part Baudrillard part post-structuralism. I like his full-Baudrillard works over any other philosopher.

[Anonymous No.15122052]

>>15121635
A E S T H E THICC

[Anonymous No.15122099]

>>15122052
x2

[Anonymous No.15122129]

>>15121635
WATCH AND LEARN

[Anonymous No.15122190]

>>15122052
>>15122099
bit tacky desu

[Anonymous No.15122214]

>>15122052
>no have and have not
>no for whom the bell tolls
>no garden of eden
>no moveable feast
>but here's a big fuckin book of letters!
wtf

[Anonymous No.15122222]

>>15122099
meh

[Anonymous No.15122237]

>>15122222
wasted fucking digits

[Anonymous No.15122238]

stop stacking, you're going to compress the pages

[Anonymous No.15122245]

>>15121700
Best place to start with this bitch ass motherfucker?

[Anonymous No.15122249]

>>15122245
portrait or his short stories

[Anonymous No.15122250]

>>15122222
QUINTS OF FAGGOTRY.

[Anonymous No.15122257]

>>15122245
Find the chart you black individual.

[Anonymous No.15122276]

>>15122129
I picked up Labyrinths in a used book store and enjoyed it immensely, what would you reccomend grabbing next?

[Anonymous No.15122294]

>>15121653
>>15121693
Where do I start with this faggot?

[Anonymous No.15122354]

>>15122294
You don't

[Anonymous No.15122373]

>>15122294

[Anonymous No.15122543]

>>15121653
Now this guy's doing it right

[Anonymous No.15122553]

>>15121635
Where did you get a copy of Los sorias??

[Anonymous No.15122663]

>>15122294
I like the Foreign Agents release of 'Simulations'. 'Agony of Power' is probably a less conventional starting point, but I think it works too.

[Anonymous No.15122840]

>>15122553
There's one 1st print on ebay rn. BUT the only good edition is the 3rd by Simurg ediciones, it's the orange one. This is what the wrote to me when I asked about editions "Hola: La edición de Gárgola tiene un capítulo menos. Todas las de Simurg llevan la misma cantidad de capítulos y páginas. La segunda y tercera edición en Simurg tienen el capítulo faltante a Gárgola (que también estaba en la primera edición, la de la tapa de Guillermo Kuitca), aunque ligerísimamente modificado por el autor. En definitiva, si podés, evitá el libro de Gárgola (bien impreso, pero con menos texto). Saludos."

[Anonymous No.15122842]

[Anonymous No.15122853]

>>15122553
Damn, I wanna buy three copies from Argentine for my bookstore.

[Anonymous No.15122868]

>>15122842
op here
only read the first one and it was like 6/10

i know the other ones are better anyway.
which one you like the most?

[Anonymous No.15122877]

>>15122052
G A A AY Y Y Y YYYYY

[Anonymous No.15122887]

>>15122868
The Rings of Saturn is my favorite.

[Anonymous No.15122997]

>>15121635
Ayyyy you’re hip!! You’re like a glass of fresh water in a desert. Hopefully some these dudes pick up one of his copies.

[Anonymous No.15123013]

>>15122853
Are you Spanish?

[Anonymous No.15123041]

>>15122840
I wish I could get a copy. Fucking Laiseca, love that madman.

[Anonymous No.15123072]

[Anonymous No.15123089]

>>15122237
>>15122250
I think that's Random House. It's not very good.

[Anonymous No.15123109]

>>15122099
Makes no sense. Where's The Hamlet?

[Anonymous No.15123239]

>>15121635
I'm better than you and it's because of the books that I read.

[Anonymous No.15123247]

*blocks your path*

[Anonymous No.15123253]

>>15121635
What is his other books are about? Except Los Sorias, what is your favorite?

[Anonymous No.15123612]

>>15123239
have you read at least one of those?

[Anonymous No.15123649]

Pic 1

[Anonymous No.15123662]

>>15123649
Pic 2

[Anonymous No.15123687]

>>15123662
Pic 3 - also have a copy of the subterranean I can't find

[Anonymous No.15123698]

>>15123649
based
>>15123687
cringe

[Anonymous No.15123699]

>>15123687
Last one from me

[Anonymous No.15123709]

>>15121653
>that much Verso Press
King

[Anonymous No.15123770]

>>15123699
based af

[Anonymous No.15123782]

>>15123612
yeah, BOTLS and Blood Meridian.

[Anonymous No.15123787]

>>15123699
also, is pynchon>>delillo? ive absolutely loved everything ive read from delillo but pynchon ive felt cold towards even though i havent given him much of a chance. he doesnt seem to have much humanity, just slamming on the accelerator with the po-mo wacky shit

[Anonymous No.15123810]

[Anonymous No.15123814]

A few of these are signed as well.

[Anonymous No.15123833]

>>15123787
I kind of prefer pynchon. I find delillo characters to be more mouthpieces for delillo. Don't get me wrong, I love delillo, hence why I have the stack, but I find him to have more insights into the state of America than believable characters (save for Libra - that shit's brilliant). Pynchon is wacky yeah, but Mason and Dixon has tons of pathos to it. Even inherent vice and bleeding edge have more developed characters. Maxine Tarnow is a perfect portrait of the working class new yorker

[Anonymous No.15124042]

>>15123709
I love Verso Press. The physical books themselves are always really nice.

[Anonymous No.15124077]

>>15123810
Didn't know that ctrl + c and ctrl + v makes you an author

[Anonymous No.15124085]

>>15124077
Worked for the realists.

[Anonymous No.15124449]

>>15123814
Haven't read him but I think he didn't deserved the Nobel having Pynchon, Laiseca, McCarthy on the waiting list among many others.
What do you suggest me to read for a great first impression?

[Anonymous No.15124472]

>>15121635
Beat this nigs.

[Anonymous No.15124506]

[Anonymous No.15124522]

>>15124449
Most of his work, with the exception of The Unconsoled, is approachable. I would start with Remains of the Day (honestly a perfect short novel) or Artist of the Floating World (similar themes as Remains, slightly more subtle, but also less self-assured).

The Unconsoled, IMO, is the best book that's been published in the last 30 years by any author, but it takes a good deal more effort than the rest of his work (though it's also not as difficult as a number of other things often posted on /lit/ like Joyce or Faulkner or Pynchon).

[Anonymous No.15124561]

Reading the tetralogy at the moment, need to get myself a copy of patriotism (and sun and stell if I can find it)

[Anonymous No.15124581]

>>15124472
based

[Anonymous No.15124599]

>>15124506
>The Norm book
based
>The God Delusion
cringe

[Anonymous No.15125000]

>>15121635

[Anonymous No.15125047]

>>15125000
Beautiful

Could you share the Contents of the purple ones please?

[Anonymous No.15125066]

>>15121653
cringe

[Anonymous No.15125071]

>>15124599
Oops, wrong picture. I meant to post the one that focuses on the Christopher Hitchens section on the left but can't find it.

[Anonymous No.15125097]

>>15125071
kek don't worry mate, no one gives a shit.

[Anonymous No.15125215]

I just tried to pick the biggest memes from the collection, lemme know how I did

[Anonymous No.15125218]

>>15125047
They're just his "selected works", which includes the same books as in English on top of the stack along with some other novellas and short stories
... Also 2 magnificent photos of the author

[Anonymous No.15125232]

>>15125071

[Anonymous No.15125376]

>>15125218
>>15125232
Patritian taste. Thx anon

[Anonymous No.15125431]

>>15125215
No Laiseca?
8/10

[Anonymous No.15125471]

>>15121635
A couple missing but whatevs

[Anonymous No.15125585]

>>15121635
Best thread rn
bump nigroes

[Anonymous No.15125603]

>>15125471
literally how did you get the full Rising Up and Rising Down set?

[Anonymous No.15125658]

>>15125603
Buying it nigga lmao
There's one on ebay rn

[Anonymous No.15125676]

>>15123239
>GR
>not M&D
dropped, you fell for the memeiest pinecone novel instead of his masterpiece

[Anonymous No.15125692]

>>15125658
kek fucking based bro, are you reading Vollmann at the moment or have you finished reading him?

[Anonymous No.15125707]

>>15125676
let's not fight, he has various beautiful pieces of writing

[Anonymous No.15125715]

>>15125692
Vollmann has written a shit ton.
I'm on Rainbow Stories. Bretty good. Up next is Europe Central.
I love his books on the low life.Hookers, drug addicts, thieves, killers, morons, etc.

[Anonymous No.15125728]

>>15125707
>>15125676
Could each one of you rank their lectures of pinecone pls?

[Anonymous No.15125738]

>>15125707
Okay but only because you're right, even if I don't think GR is as good as everyone makes it out to be. I still love him so goddamned much. I hope he's doing okay, he needs to make it through this pandemic and release that final earth-shattering tome we've all been waiting for

[Anonymous No.15125832]

>>15125471
based vollmannposter. When will he finish the fucking dreams series

I ordered Ancient History a few weeks ago but it's been stuck in transit due to corona. Women and Men is signed.

[Anonymous No.15125849]

>>15125728
1. Pynchon's oeuvre.
2. Rest of lit.

[Anonymous No.15125862]

>>15125832
daaaamn
patritian taste.
jealous of the signed ed. how much was it?

[Anonymous No.15125868]

Bros i cant stand it anymore i need a 1300 page translation of los sorias .

[Anonymous No.15125885]

>>15125862
only $25 :^) Dzanc had them for cheap due to 'damage' (that little dent at the top of the spine) right when I was going to shell out a solid 100 for a dalkey edition.

[Anonymous No.15125892]

>>15125832
nice figurine

[Anonymous No.15125905]

>>15125868
Not happening soon anon.
https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/the-sorias-los-sorias-by-alberto-laiseca/

"Alberto Laiseca is the buried giant of world literature. Without his wild imagination, which surpasses even the most baroque and audacious exploits of the Latin American Boom, the literary jigsaw of the 20th century would be deplorably incomplete. The fact that he is virtually non-existent for English language readers is one of the most flagrant injustices that could ever have been inflicted on them. We are so much the poorer for this gaping absence. I cherish a vague hope that my review of his magnum opus will generate enough buzz to provoke at least a slight interest in this writer among publishers of literature in translation."

[Anonymous No.15125915]

>>15123649
Been wanting to read him for a long time. Should I start with V.?

[Anonymous No.15125916]

>>15125885
lucky u

which have u read already?

[Anonymous No.15125918]

>>15125915
Start with Crying of Lot 49. Then V., then GR, then whatever. Mason & Dixon is his best, so save that for when you're ready for it.

[Anonymous No.15125929]

>>15125918
Appreciate it mate

[Anonymous No.15125931]

>>15125905
I could translate it as a hobbie, is there even a pdf of the original somewhere?

[Anonymous No.15125938]

>>15125905
This article and the one about Miquel de Palol is the only thing that can make me smack my head with oxford english dictionary out sheer raage this days.

[Anonymous No.15125946]

>>15125931
i got an epub but is available on bookzz and libgen.

[Anonymous No.15125969]

>>15125931
yup, there are some docs around.
It's funny coz many years ago when it couldnt find a publisher, many readers disributed partrs of the book in photocopies, and somo copies were read by great writers like Piglia which later helped to raise awareness and get it published.

>>15125938
learn spanish my friend

[Anonymous No.15125979]

>>15121635
Here.

[Anonymous No.15126008]

>>15125969
That would be great and i sure will some time in the future but i'm currently learning German .

[Anonymous No.15126012]

>>15125905

>With more than 1300 pages, this is the longest Argentine novel ever written, and since it hasn’t been translated into any language yet, this might be the most notorious obscure novel of whose existence very few readers outside the Spanish language are aware. Which is not to say that the novel is that famous in the Spanish-speaking world either. The Sorias had a long and tortuous journey to its reader. It took Laiseca 10 years to write it, and 16 more to publish. There have been three editions of the novel so far with the total print run amounting to a measly 2,850 copies. The Sorias is a cult classic par excellence, read only by a small cenacle of the initiated, but much talked about amongst those exposed to its mythos. Many are now ardently seeking an opportunity to get hold of it, which might be a tall order not only because of the small number of the copies available on the market, but also due to the forbidding price. One of the earliest champions of the novel was the living classic of Argentine literature Ricardo Piglia, who famously said:”The Sorias is the best novel that has been written in Argentina since The Seven Madmen“.

Damn, Laiseca is BASED.

I need some Sorias action.

[Anonymous No.15126025]

>>15121635
Best thread of the month thx guys

[Anonymous No.15126029]

>>15121700
>penguin james
you are fucking cringe

[Anonymous No.15126070]

>>15126029
it has good annotations. gay material concerns about muh paper muh spine are irrelevant. is there any particular edition you would recommend?

[Anonymous No.15126075]

>>15125915
>>15125918
My reading order was lot 49>inherent vice>gravity's rainbow>bleeding edge>mason and dixon>v>vineland>slow learner (imo his worst)>currently in the middle of against the day

[Anonymous No.15126079]

>>15126012
Would it not be easy for /lit/ to organise and translate some of the obscure works of literature around the world . Surely we could as other boards do make at least a collective effort to do something meaningful.

[Anonymous No.15126092]

>>15126070
i have no problem w/ the paper or spine or whatever, its just that penguin tends to use the original text. OWC usually uses the NY revised texts, which are almost always better - any version that has that (Library of America does that too I believe) is worth it

[Anonymous No.15126093]

>>15126075
>slow learner (imo his worst)
well no shit, it's his juvenilia.

[Anonymous No.15126099]

>>15126079
Yeah, we can work on the translation of the first chapter of Los Sorias.
If this gets 10 replies I'll create a thread and post my translation

[Anonymous No.15126109]

>>15126099
post

[Anonymous No.15126129]

>>15126099
Man if you do it i will translate the first volume of The Great Eastern by Andreas Embirikos into english and post it here.
I am already 70% there.

[Anonymous No.15126142]

>>15126099
p.s. i'm latino and own the 3rd ed. of Los Sorias ;)

[Anonymous No.15126158]

>>15122842
can i have that extra rings of saturn :)

[Anonymous No.15126168]

>>15123239
what arabian nights is that, I'm been looking for a complete burton.

[Anonymous No.15126170]

>>15126158
yes if you remove the ring of my cock with your mouth ;)

[Anonymous No.15126186]

>>15126142
Post pic

[Anonymous No.15126203]

>>15123833
agreed libra is absolutely amazing. ty

[Anonymous No.15126303]

>>15126099
OMG IT'S HAPPENING GUYS

[Anonymous No.15126323]

>>15126170
why not

[Anonymous No.15126348]

[Anonymous No.15126350]

>>15126099
Can somebody create a Discord server for this please?

[Anonymous No.15126403]

>>15123239
Blood Meridian is the best pedo book of all times. Better than Lolita.

[Anonymous No.15126415]

>>15126403
Lolita is not even a pedo book.

[Anonymous No.15126422]

>>15126415
yes it is you contrarian. It might be about other stuff too but it is 100% a pdo book

[Anonymous No.15126423]

>>15126099

[Anonymous No.15126430]

>>15126422
Technically about a hebephile, not a pedophile.

[Anonymous No.15126436]

>>15126012
>Laiseca
fuck yeah he is on libgen

[Anonymous No.15126439]

>>15126403
Objectively you're wrong

[Anonymous No.15126440]

>>15126430
Isn't she completely without developed sexual characteristics? I seem to recall his description of nymphets being that they have the body of a child

It's not like it's about a 13 year old who developed early

[Anonymous No.15126465]

>>15121635
goddamn thats a big book

[Anonymous No.15126467]

>>15126403
Haven't read BM, but isn't the kid like 15?

[Anonymous No.15126485]

>>15122842
is the rings of saturn good ? heard prety good things abou it

[Anonymous No.15126490]

>>15126423
aaww yeah babyyy

[Anonymous No.15126494]

>>15123239
that version of gravitys rainbow is so cool looking

[Anonymous No.15126558]

>>15126099
A WILD LAISECA THREAD HAS APPEARED
>>15126531

[Anonymous No.15126688]

>>15125471
wowwww the rising up and rising down. holyyyy hahahaha isnt it worth a ton now

[Anonymous No.15126701]

>>15125471
I wish there was a pdf scan of Rising Up and Rising down unabridged

[Anonymous No.15126881]

Read atleast each one 3 times

[Anonymous No.15127074]

>>15126079
>Would it not be easy for /lit/ to organise and translate some of the obscure works of literature around the world .
I was thinking about this the other day. I caught myself daydreaming about translating the Blind Owl to my native language when I found out that apparently it doesn't have a version in portuguese. But then I got demotivated because it would be a "translation of the translation" since I don't know persian. What do you guys think? Ezra Pound also didn't know chinese, is it "transcreation" a thing worth doing/a valid concept?

[Anonymous No.15127084]

>>15121653
Based and simulacrum pilled

[Anonymous No.15127092]

>>15126099

[Anonymous No.15127102]

>>15123239
>has read all these books and cant even read the OP properly

[Anonymous No.15127111]

>>15127102
sick reddit meme you fucking faggot fuck i bet you are smelly

[Anonymous No.15127140]

>>15126099

[Anonymous No.15127147]

>>15126099
Checked

[Anonymous No.15127160]

>>15121788
LOA's whole thing is that they produce excellent editions for a modest price. They're a nonprofit. I've found that as long as the book isn't too long, the paperback LOA's have the best quality:price ratio, but for the mega omnibus volumes you should really spring for hardcover. I just love their typography and design; it's always a comfy read.

(On the other hand, I never buy novels in collected editions because it's such a waste to carry around four novels while you're just reading one of them. Why not get the four separately?)

[Anonymous No.15127179]

>>15122238
>you're going to compress the pages
Isn't that why we have codices instead of scrolls, faggot?

[Anonymous No.15127188]

>>15122276
not him, but ficciones is the next step. repeats some stories from labyrinths but it's mostly other ones. kind of a greatest hits collection. (the title is ficciones even for the english translation)

[Anonymous No.15127212]

>>15126099
I translated one of his stories in the Laiseca thread, go read it boys

[Anonymous No.15127221]

>>15123247
God, "photographer hand" is an epidemic on this website. It's the worst part of /s/, the worst part of /hm/, and now it's on /lit/ too.

[Anonymous No.15127231]

>>15124472
so shiny, so precious, so good

[Anonymous No.15127837]

>>15124472
Where's El gallo de oro???

[Anonymous No.15128121]

>>15121635

[Anonymous No.15128261]

>>15125885
it says its still up for 25, or is that not updated?

[Anonymous No.15128386]

>>15127221
I think it started on /v/ though. Could be wrong. I just think it's hilarious how effortlessly it offends people.

[Anonymous No.15128606]

>>15121635
Any cormacbros here?

[Anonymous No.15128744]

>>15122129
Oh man. Those look like Argentina-only editions. I don't recognize the publisher.

[Anonymous No.15128793]

>>15128744
sudamericana

[Anonymous No.15128835]

>>15128121
Beautiful

[Anonymous No.15128983]

>>15126881
>reverse search
>no matches

anon actually unironically owns all of these

out of curiosity, how old are you?

[Anonymous No.15128998]

>>15126485
Out of the 37 books I read last year, it was the best one. I really loved it.

[Anonymous No.15129007]

>>15128121
Nice. Around here (just below you) japanese authors cost a ton

[Anonymous No.15129008]

>>15128606
yeah bud

which one do I read now?

[Anonymous No.15129044]

Excuse my phone posting. I’m missing some scholarly texts and the rocf issue.

>>15121635
>>15125471
Nice

>>15125832
Don’t miss out on Ancient History and Hind’s Kidnap if you can get copies. Both are really good.

[Anonymous No.15129067]

>>15125471
Hnnng you makin me diamonds dawg

[Anonymous No.15129162]

>>15123072
?

[Anonymous No.15129168]

>>15128606
nice enrigues

[Anonymous No.15129194]

>>15129008
Outer Dark or Suttree

[Anonymous No.15129201]

>>15129008
Child of God

[Anonymous No.15129228]

>>15129168
very good eye ;)

[Anonymous No.15129232]

>>15123687
based dog

[Anonymous No.15129235]

>>15124599
>>15124506
>the norm book
that shit made me laugh out loud

[Anonymous No.15130721]

>>15129008
Border Trilogy

[Anonymous No.15130735]

>>15130721
i've read it and all those in the picture

I mean which one not in the picture should I read

[Anonymous No.15131213]

>>15129044
Damn, I'm jealous of your Arno.

[Anonymous No.15131548]

>>15129044
Thats a big pile.

[Anonymous No.15131759]

>>15130735
okay then read Suttree

[Anonymous No.15131869]

>>15128983
It could just be his little brother's or maybe he grew up buying them--I remember reading the web comic before they were printed into books.

[Anonymous No.15132547]

>>15128606
A gentleman of discernment

[Anonymous No.15132594]

>>15121653
>>15121693
i can’t believe you fuckers outdid me

[Anonymous No.15132629]

mby philip k dick

[Anonymous No.15132780]

>>15124506
Very strong "used bookstore in 2007" vibes going on here.

[Anonymous No.15132984]

One of my favorite.

[Anonymous No.15133204]

>>15132984
Bonitas ediciones anon, ¿por dónde debería empezar? Tengo Un amigo de Kafka y otros cuentos en Cátedra ed. ¿Es buen libro para empezar?

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[Anonymous No.15133676]

>>15122842
Epic

[Anonymous No.15133688]

>>15129044
*takes a knee*

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>>15133865
based
favourite one ?

[Anonymous No.15133962]

>>15132594
Someone has to anon

[Anonymous No.15133981]

>>15128606
ily my fellow cormacbros

[Anonymous No.15134326]

>>15133896
Kokoro

[Anonymous No.15134534]

>>15121720
If you haven't read Amerika I really recommend it.

[Anonymous No.15134601]

>>15132594
>considerations on the assassination of gerard lebovici

fucking based

[Anonymous No.15134626]

>>15133865
god I wish that were me

Soseki books are so fucking expensive here

[Anonymous No.15134661]

>>15133865
but when will you read 夏目金之助

[Anonymous No.15134665]

>>15121635
discord . gg/vn25HAZ

[Anonymous No.15134959]

>>15133865
Dammit, I just noticed I might have lost my Tower of London copy on a recent travel :'(
>>15134626
Where's "here"? Third worlder here.
Most of these were 10 bucks or less through Amazon and Better World Books. Some years ago I spent like 300 dollars on Japanese lit and got a ton of ex library hardcover editions which were out of print.

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>>15126099
I hope you get ready

[Anonymous No.15135017]

>>15134990
>>15129387

[Anonymous No.15135019]

>>15134959
>Where's "here"?
Uruguay

Around 25-30 dollars each book. I am Cat, Kokoro, Botchan and so

I managed to nab an used I am Cat in Argentina for 15ish dollars

[Anonymous No.15135298]

>>15135019
fucking impedimenta man

[Anonymous No.15135309]

>>15121653
You're not a true Baudrillard fan until you shelled out money for Symbolic Exchange and Death.

[Anonymous No.15135338]

>>15135309
Read a few posts down and you'd see I've loaned it out

[Anonymous No.15135549]

>>15133204
Seconding this. I've been wanting to give him a try; what would you say his best 3-5 books are?

[Anonymous No.15135573]

>>15127074
It's better than nothing, but ideally a translation is done from the original language into the translator's 1st language.

[Anonymous No.15135579]

>>15135019
Impedimenta is indeed expensive as fuck but at least the translations are pretty good and the intros pretty damn interesting.
Honestly, I'd try to buy them used or from Amazon. Express shipping to Argentina was like 30+7ea last time I checked.

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[Anonymous No.15136662]

>>15124561
where do I start?

[Anonymous No.15136672]

>>15135614
how he get his books upside down like that?

[Anonymous No.15136695]

>>15136662
Not him but
Sailor > Confessions/Golden Pavillion > tetralogy.
If you care about politics (lmao), Patriotism/Sun and Steel.

[Anonymous No.15136699]

>>15136695
thank you

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>>15125215
I added harassment architecture to my Amazon cart last night and then deleted it. Did I do right or wrong?

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>>15136672
[ctrl] + [alt] +

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>>15136962
+ [down arrow]

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1/3

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>>15137132
2/3

[Anonymous No.15137142]

Laiseca.
BASED Op.

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>>15137139
3/3

[Anonymous No.15137237]

>>15122129
Hold up. I have the complete stories and it’s only 500 pages or so. What’s the rest of this? Letters, poetry, essays? If so give me the highlights that aren’t stories please

[Anonymous No.15137264]

>>15137237
Poetry, essays and other non-fiction. His letters don't exist as far as I know. Inquisitions/Other Inquisitions is a particular highlight.

[Anonymous No.15137271]

>>15137264
Thank you! Borges is one of my favorites, definitely grabbing a copy of this when I see it

[Anonymous No.15137279]

>>15137271
Are you Anglophone? You can get Selected Non-fictions if you're into that.

[Anonymous No.15137301]

>>15135579
Yeah but it'd only be cheap if I buy english editions in bulk. I'd rather get spanish ones.

[Anonymous No.15137313]

>>15136695
really nice answer. i favor this as well.

[Anonymous No.15137383]

>>15137279
Would you recommend it? How are the translations?

[Anonymous No.15137404]

>>15136695
>tfw my ex stole my Golden Pavilion copy

[Anonymous No.15137437]

>>15137383
It is a very good compilation of his non-fiction and the translation really does him justice. I've read many things from it since I don't have all his non-fiction at hand. You can find it on libgen if you want to try it first. He talks about a wide variety of literary topics in a concise style, and sometimes you feel you're listening to your cool literary uncle. Quite an enjoyable book, in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.15137455]

>>15137437
You’ve sold me, that’s the next book I’m grabbing.
I’ve been looking for literary commentary because i feel it will help my reading skills and I love borges, so this is perfect for me

[Anonymous No.15137520]

>>15137455
Glad I could help, pal. Happy reading.

[Anonymous No.15137549]

>>15123247
How did they translate Buddenbrooks?
I'm wondering because I'm reading the original right now, there is a big emphasis on dialects and in addition characters will pronounce individually words funny
Do people just speak Cockney and stuff like that?

[Anonymous No.15137598]

>>15124561
>>15136662
>>15136695
Found an old chart I made which might be helpful

[Anonymous No.15137602]

>>15137598
And here's an updated version with some additions I read since then.

[Anonymous No.15137613]

>>15137549
How would you describe the difficulty of the German in Buddenbrooks? My level is around B2 and I really want to read Mann. Can you compare it with any english author?

[Anonymous No.15137618]

>>15137598
> fuck I started with Sun and Steel

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[Anonymous No.15137677]

>>15137662
Are some of those first editions?

[Anonymous No.15137737]

>>15137677
No, I'm not rich

[Anonymous No.15137767]

>>15137613
I probably wouldn't do a very good job of assessing the difficulty because it's my first language, didn't find it too difficult though, the prose isn't super complicated or anything
B2 is pretty good though, isn't it? If you can't find any passages online I can take a photograph of some page if you want
Between The Hobbit and BotnS I would put this at a comfortable The Secret History

The most challenging thing about it would probably be the parts where people speak in dialect, it doesn't happen too often, really, but every now and again some minor character will pop up and go a little deep
Language is an interesting aspect of the book, beyond the working class dialect the older generations use a little French and a lot of side characters are given some pronunciation quirk
Which is why I was wondering if they have the Bavarians speak with an Irish accent in the translation

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>>15137767
Oh I see, I thought you were a burguer. Thanks for the answer, I will give it a try using the translated version as training wheels

[Anonymous No.15137846]

>>15127074
Dude, Are you Brazillian? The Martin Claret publisher did this with so many texts (they only had french-portuguese or english portuguese translators) and it really shows.

[Anonymous No.15137851]

>>15137846
>syaimzz sastigo
what mean? )

[Anonymous No.15137859]

>>15137737
I think they reprinted them using the original dust jacket covers then.

[Anonymous No.15137874]

>>15137851
Crime e castigo = Portuguese for Crime and Punishment.

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>>15137851
they used cyrillic like people use kanji as tattoos

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[Anonymous No.15138081]

>>15138075
bro

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>>15138075
>>15138081
nevermind this is based

[Anonymous No.15138110]

>>15138075
sorry guys had to pass it to my phone on way or another

[Anonymous No.15138326]

>>15136695
Patriotism is a great story, wether you care for politics or not