Literature

Literature

Conversations about novels, poetry, and short stories

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Oof this is tough. What say you?

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Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," has finally been released in paperback in Japan. Until now, it was only available in hardcover. I started reading it, and I was immediately overwhelmed by its richness. When I took a break, I realized I had only read 16 pages. I promise to finish it by the end of July.

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. The opening of Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities I like that, somehow it fits in with our times.

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Poetry invents language, language and narrative invent us. Absolutely fundamental.

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Life is lonely. I don’t know what I would do without literature honestly. It has helped me survive all throughout my life. I remember reading my first book at the age of 5 and feeling the magic of reading someone else’s mind. There’s no other art form that enables you to read someone else’s thoughts. Every other art form is an interpretation. I remember doing a book report on CS Lewis in 7th grade. My Shakespeare class in 10th grade and being picked to read Kate in Taming of The Shrew. And finding Anglo-Saxon literature in 11th grade, then graduating early and studying Greek. What a gift literature is. My best friend. I don’t want to ever live without it.

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TS Eliot - The Cocktail Party, 1949

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Gdi, literally me rn.

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“One Hundred Years of Solitude”, a classic novel written by Marquez Garcia. The Japanese paperback edition of this is finally about to be released this month. It seems the time has finally come in my life to read this complex story.

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Relatable Tolstoy.

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Very well-said 😁

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Apparently Kurt Vonnegut figured out the intentions of AI in The Sirens of Titan

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Reading Beowulf never gets old. Still one of my favorites; it stirs up so much emotion in me, remembering the time I first read it.

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I'm new here. Is this where I write poems and post them? This is the channel I just wanted. Please take good care of me. Don't curse at me even if I do a lot of CAST... 🙏

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From my book collection: Barbara N Me: On Lichening and Learning By Ruth Merrill and Barbara Haight A rare book printed 1975 by Sherwood Press in Olympia, this book describes in narrative form dying wool with lichens and includes physical samples of lichen and wool (see reply)

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