twopfan
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Post by twopfan on May 4, 2011 21:28:17 GMT -4
Me too, Peggy! I have never hated a book so much. I had to read it in college and I loathed every second. See also, Terry Tempest Williams.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2011 21:51:25 GMT -4
Talk about the movie made me remember my utter loathing for "On the Road." I fucking hated every character in that misbegotten waste of paper. Hehe. That reminds me of what Truman Capote said about it: "That's not writing, it's typing." |
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Post by chonies on May 4, 2011 22:35:36 GMT -4
Me too! I try to finish books I hate but this was just impossible.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 8:24:27 GMT -4
I also hated "On the Road!"
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Post by chonies on May 5, 2011 10:08:43 GMT -4
I will also expand this to the not liking Beat and related literature at all. I like Howl, but that's pretty much it. My bias is so ingrained that the other day I was watching an otherwise amazing documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat, and at some point someone said that the artist loved to read Burroughs. I deflated like a balloon. I know it's terrible and judgmental, and says more about me, but still. Rrrr. ETA: You know, the only people I know who really like On the road are male. I try to avoid gender stereotyping, but I wonder if there is an equivalent of this book for female readers. The sort of book that's considered literary in some circles but largely occupies some sort of coming-of-age place. Also, the Wikipedia page for Jack Kerouac is hilariously impassioned and way tl;dr ETA, again! Yay! Group hug, y'all!  |
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Post by incognito on May 5, 2011 10:15:30 GMT -4
I hate Beat literature, too. Heck, I don't think I even like Howl.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 11:35:21 GMT -4
I hate Beat literature too! It's all so fucking pseudo-intellectually pretentious, and they were all such idiotic whiney poseurs.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 11:57:33 GMT -4
I swear, swear, swear that in my post earlier today I was going to write that the only people I have ever known who liked 'OTR' were male. I may or may not be stalking you, chonies! Regarding books that could be equivalent for women, I will just write the first books that popped into my head, 'The Bell Jar,' 'The Handmaid's Tale,' 'The Women's Room,' and 'The Bluest Eye.' These were the books that my friends and I had all read, idolised, and discussed together when we were in uni, but this is only my experience.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 12:10:04 GMT -4
Ha. I was just thinking The Bell Jar may be the female equivalent to On the Road
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wilbert
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Post by wilbert on May 5, 2011 12:41:08 GMT -4
I'm female and liked On the Road, but I read it when I was like 14 and identified with the on the road/freedom/travel thing. The author I hate even more than the beats is Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer. I blame him.
O/t I picked up a book called Forty Ouncer by Kurt Zapata at my local Goodwill. I tried googling, but didn't find anything about the author. Does anyone have any info about him?
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