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Map and Territory

[Anonymous No.22135995]

>>22135978
Van Gogh’s Letters are probably my favorite book and I never tire of it. I read it twice a year

[Anonymous No.22136047]

>>22135978
why would you bring an eReader & a physical book to a coffee shop? That has to be just for aesthetics.
Currently reading Moby Dick for the first time. Yes I know I should have read it by now.

[Anonymous No.22136056]

Stubb rocks.

[Anonymous No.22136057]

>>22135978
PBUH brother

[Anonymous No.22136061]

>>22136047
I'm out for a long time every day and in some situations I read my current physical book and in others I read on my kindle, I was just showing my two current reads in the pic.

I love Moby Dick, never too late for it. I hope you enjoy it, anon.

[Anonymous No.22136078]

>>22136047
Imagine reading Guenon in full view of everyone

[Anonymous No.22136080]

>>22136078
>Imagine reading Guenon in full view of everyone
So? What the fuck will they do? Kick and scream?

[Anonymous No.22136082]

this thread retard

[Anonymous No.22136089]

>>22135978
topology of violence byung chul hun

[Anonymous No.22136117]

The Trial - Franz Kafka.

[Anonymous No.22136130]

>>22135978
>latte art
OP is a fag

[Anonymous No.22136140]

>>22136130
what was he supposed to do, to tell them not to do that?

[Anonymous No.22136162]

Scattered Minds - Gabor Mate

[Anonymous No.22136239]

>>22135995
what makes his letters so good and re-read able? if you do a good job explaining their appeal i will buy a copy and discuss them with you on here once I finished it

[Anonymous No.22136242]

>>22136239
>if you do a good job explaining their appeal i will buy a copy and discuss them with you on here once I finished it

[Anonymous No.22136243]

La barraca - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

[Anonymous No.22136244]

>>22136242
please give it a shot bro

[Anonymous No.22136250]

The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy

About two fiddy in. Mixed bag so far
Some prime Cormac and a whole lot of wtf bullshit.

[Anonymous No.22136268]

>>22136244
I am not that anon

[Anonymous No.22136313]

>>22136239
It is probably the best insight into the mind of a truly uncompromising artist, aka the starving type. Van Gogh has a peasant like wisdom that is profound and he hits on a lot of lofty thoughts and ideas.

The relationship between him and his brother Theo is heartwarming. The younger brother supporting the older despite all the financial problems and social problems that Vincent brought. Vincent was a difficult person to get along with and was often blunt and didn’t care how he was viewed by the public. Despite this, Theo stands by his side and believes in his brother.

It is often a depressing book as Vincent faced many problems but he absolutely believed in his art. His attitude in the face of tribulations is inspiring. I’ve always tried to incorporate Vincent’s views into my daily life as far as trying to see the beauty and poetry in the mundane. I’ve learned it’s all about perspective

I wish Theo and Vincent could see that they were vindicated in the end; both died before he became a success. I’ve often thought about Vincent’s life and is it a life worth living-all the criticism, problems, lack of success, depression, mental breakdowns, loneliness, etc, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it 100% is. There is something goes beyond our life, and to live one’s life to the fullest, one must walk one’s own path no matter what.

I like the Penguin edition most because it gives a little background info in between letters which makes them easier to follow. I’ll add some more thoughts later as I don’t really have the time to give a thorough reply now

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>>22136858
that looks comfy!

[Anonymous No.22137073]

I heard that reading Evola or Guenon may scramble your mind in a way that isn’t safe. That without being grounded in a tradition (since modern life is ungrounded), you risk your sanity

[Anonymous No.22137078]

>>22137073
I'm Catholic (raised as one, not converted) so it's ok.

[Anonymous No.22137093]

The Magic Mountain

[Anonymous No.22137121]

>>22135978
american psycho, honestly can't tell what's the point of it, it could have been 200 pages long

[Anonymous No.22137132]

Journey to the End of the Night
Much funnier than I had expected

[Anonymous No.22137141]

>>22136858
what ereader is that anon , is it 8 inch display ?

[Anonymous No.22137148]

On the geanology of morals
My introduction to nietzsche. I plan on reading human all to human next. Then I guess beyond good and evil then thus spoke Zarathustra.

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>>22135978

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Broclus commentary on da area

[Anonymous No.22137520]

Just finished Two Gentlemen from Verona.
Rape, lmao, good joke, still bff?
No idea what to read next. Completely empty backlog, nothing that would capture me on horizon.

[Anonymous No.22137523]

hard times dickens

[Anonymous No.22137605]

>>22135978
Just finished Roadside Picnic
Have finished a chapter of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (the writing is bit too reddit for my taste, alan turing gay sex on chapter 1 btw), the premise seems interesting

[Anonymous No.22137670]

its very good
any other short story collections I should ckeck out? ive read most of the ones that are often shilled here

[Anonymous No.22137696]

>>22137670
Some I don’t see mentioned often here are Frank O’Connor, Jesus’ Son, Barthelme, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Beckett, Last Evenings on Earth, Cortazar, Fitzgerald, Balzac, and Carver

[Anonymous No.22137735]

>>22137141
kindle oasis 7 incher https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Oasis-now-with-adjustable-warm-light/dp/B07F7TLZF4

[Anonymous No.22137737]

About a third into this

Really surprised so far with how modern some topics and humor are for a book from 1963

[Anonymous No.22137749]

>>22137202
How is this? I read Golden Mouth before and it was very interesting. I’m currently reading Mere Christianity

[Anonymous No.22137813]

>>22137670
Check out Maupassant, Machen, Hodgson. All are excellent

[Anonymous No.22137821]

>>22137749
Bretty good. It's always better to just read the Fathers than to read people writing about what the Fathers said.

[Anonymous No.22137850]

>>22135978
based anon

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>>22137821
What church do you belong to (if any)? Just curious

[Anonymous No.22137972]

>>22137821
Makes sense

[Anonymous No.22137984]

>>22137857
Maronite Catholic.

[Anonymous No.22138000]

>>22136080
Most people irl even the ones at coffee shops have no idea who Guenon is. Maybe it’s just cause I’m American (and specifically in Michigan near detroit) but most people here think Schopenhauer and hegel are obscure philosophers

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>>22136080
Those places are full of theosophists and counter initiated npcs, proceed at your own peril

[Anonymous No.22138075]

>>22135978
I’m about to take the Jung pill

[Anonymous No.22138108]

>>22137984
based

[Anonymous No.22138115]

>>22135978
Simulacra and Simulation
The Soul of the World
Baby Alex (surprisingly good for a pseudo-meme book)
>>22135980
Maybe my favourite Houellebecq after Elementary Particles.

[Anonymous No.22138116]

I’m reading candide it’s pretty funny

[Anonymous No.22138121]

>>22136313
I don't suppose you ever contributed a piece to the Lit Quarterly, did you?

[Anonymous No.22138160]

>>22136858
More like shit tzu.

[Anonymous No.22138165]

>>22135995
How is Stendhals non-fiction? I’ve actually had a couple of people tell me to steer clear of it.

[Anonymous No.22138201]

>>22138121
No. Why do you ask?
>>22138165
I have a strange answer- it isn’t good but it is great at the same time. His autobiography was one one the worst books I’ve read yet I like it because his personality shines through. Stendhal and Montaigne are the best personalities in literature IMO. Both have a laid back, go with the flow, good natured vibe to them, but with real insight. Stendhal was like a leaf blown in the wind. He lived during turbulent times politically and socially and adapted as such, not in a fake way, but molding his personality to the situation. I’m only ~70 pages into Love so far, I’m taking it slow, but I like it a lot better “content” wise than his autobiography. Some ideas are outdated because the court system is gone, but I think he is right in the mark with others, particularly the types of love, and especially what he calls “crystallization”. The latter seems very true from my experience.

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[Anonymous No.22138345]

the virgin Fukuyama end of history liberal

versus

the chad emil cioran end of history kino aphoristic western fatalism

[Anonymous No.22138407]

>>22135978
I love Stephen

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>>22135978

[Anonymous No.22138658]

>>22136313
Thanks for the info my friend, gonna get myself a copy.

[Anonymous No.22138689]

pretty good. I like Delillo

[Anonymous No.22138705]

>>22136313
I really hate saying this but he sounds a lot like me
I have always disliked talk about Van Gogh because of how much he suffered in life, only to be cherished and celebrated well after his death, as if to mock him by having everyone in the world enjoy the fruits of his labor without giving him any sort of compensation
It's a sick, twisted joke that I, from the bottom of my heart, wish never repeats itself again (and much less it happen to me)
I just hope his rest is peaceful

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>>22138204
What keyboard is that? Could you please show your battlestation/desktop?

[Anonymous No.22139339]

Holy shit, this is a thousand times worse than the brilliant first journal (The Weight of the World), even though written only a couple of years later. Not sure what happened.

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