>>10910927Well, in order to overcome your urges you have to look them in the eye and not allow them to influence your thoughts and actions.
Also I forgot to reply to that, but sure, I could show you some of my drawings, but only after some more time. Not here though.
>whether it's just blind faith or not is debatable, but success also depends on itThat's what I was wondering about. I think you've met people who are unwavering, so to speak. No matter what, they stick to their way of doing things. And I can't tell whether it's geniune self-confidence or just denial. Guess it depends on the person.
>have you ever been to female-oriented imageboards like lolcow or crystal cafe?No, but I have heard of Crystal Cafe? I assume that you have, so what were they like?
>what's the book you were told it was like again?Snow Country
>>10911305It really is. Sorry, I didn't notice. This one said 2019 as well.
>also quick rundown on a) Magic Mountain b) 100YOSThe Magic Mountain I wasn't a big fan of. I believe that it is the only book I have read of which I geniunely thought that it was boring. Well, half of it. It's nearly 800 pages long and after a while it just dragged on and on and on... On the other hand, Mann also wrote "Doctor Faustus" which, while almost the same in length, doesn't suffer from this problem. So I'd recommend this one. I found the characters much more compelling as well.
100YOS is quite good. The Penguin Modern Classics translation is great. The text just flows, it's almost like it was originally written in English. Marquez is very skilled at making even the most mundane happenings come off as interesting, so I'd say he's the opposite of Mann in that regard. If you read it and like it then you could follow it up with Love in the Time of Cholera.
>why does Dickens get no love from /lit/ or anybody except a niche of boomersI've only read Great Expectations, but I found his prose quite dry. It might have just been an unlucky pick though.
