>Shadow had done three years in prison. He was big enough, and looked don’t-fuck-with-me enough that his biggest problem was killing time. So he kept himself in shape, and taught himself coin tricks, and thought a lot about how much he loved his wife.

What are /lit/'s thoughts on him and his "philosophy" (anti-philosophy)? I'm currently 400 sections into the PI.

Wooow.

The dog Tim Johnson represents Tom Robinson.

That is so deep, truly one of the most linguistic and compelling stories of our time that should be required reading around the world.

Bravo, Hemmingway.

Why is there no God?

So I've been analyzing /lit/ for quite sometime. Whatever you hacks write fits into one of these three categories.

> pretentious
You try too hard and use words you don't fully understand. Dictionary is your best friend, and that's not something to be proud of. You think you're deep and you think you've been influenced by some great authors and philosophers whom you've read thoroughly. You think you're a learned individual and have a formulated opinion, when in fact you're nothing but a thief.

> boring
You try to write in conversational style, stream your consciousness, and that just comes out boring. You write about shit nobody cares about, full of technical details or inside jokes. No emotion or passion. You have nothing to write about, because you haven't lived your life.

> amateur
You're just a talentless hack, writing at high school level. You're young and think you have some sort of innate talent that allows you to bypass years of honing your skill through hard work.

There's a forth category and that's where you write about relevant, complex ideas in an accessible language with a distinct voice and style, without paraphrasing the classics. None of you are capable of reaching this god-tier.

Tell me how I'm wrong.

>A mother let her child fall into the Nile. Still harping on the mother. A crocodile seized the child. Mother asked it back. Crocodile said all right if she told him what he was going to do with the child, eat it or not eat It

>This mentality, Lepidus would say, is indeed bred out of your mud by the operation of your sun

>And mine? Is it not too? Then into Nile mud with it!

What did he mean by this?

>Stephen King is Cervantes compared with David Foster Wallace

I've been searching for this book for more than 15 years, didn't even knew the name but I found it couple of months ago. Can't seem to find a pdf version :/.

Deutsche Literatur Faden

Was liest du? Auf Deutsch oder English?
Wie gut kennst du Deutsch?
Wer ist der beste Deutsch Schriftsteller?

so, if you were judging him, would you give him the sentencing he requested, or would you charge him on both counts? granted he used the manuscript as a defense